$344,400
“Yellow Gold Ref. 2499” Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 863792, case No. 2632526, Ref. 2499, Fourth Series. Movement made in 1946 and cased in 1964. Sold on November 18, 1965. Very fine and rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, domed crystal. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold "feuille" hands. Notes Ref. 2499 Made in 349 examples from 1951 to 1985, very few with tachometer, the majority in yellow gold, and a very few examples in pink gold. - First series: from 1951 to circa 1960, square buttons, "Feuille" hands, applied Arabic numerals, fluted lugs. It is extremely rare to find models in this series with dials with painted baton indexes; no watches with black dials are known. - Second series: round buttons, "Feuille" hands, applied Arabic numerals. No watches with black dials are known in this series. - Third series: round buttons, "Dauphine" hands, applied indexes, Arabic numeral 12. No watches with black dials are known in this series. - Fourth series: from 1960 to 1978, round buttons, "Dauphine" or "Feuille" hands, applied "baton
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-06-14
