210,000 CHF
Yellow Gold Ref. 1463 Patek Philippe, Geneva, Ref. 1463, No. 868298, case No. 672763. Made in 1952, sold on December 9, 1952. Extremely fine, rare, and important, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, anti-magnetic dust protecting cap, concave lugs. Matte silver with applied yellow gold indexes and radial Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer scale. Yellow gold "Baton" hands. Notes Production of this reference started in 1940. The reference was produced in yellow and pink gold, and a few examples in stainless steel. The first models of Ref. 1463, made in the 1940s, had bezels which continued to the band, this changed in the early 1950s to a stepped bezel. A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, page 267.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-11-12
