70,800 CHF
“Ref. 570” Oversized Steel Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, "Calatrava", No. 925300, case No. 630188, Ref. 570. Made in 1944, sold on August 9th, 1944. Very fine and very rare, oversized, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with a twotone silver dial with a stainless steel Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate of origin and the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs. Two tone silver with applied white gold round indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, outer minute track. White gold "baton" hands. Notes It is extremely rare to find a watch of this reference in such excellent general condition. Ref. 570 The production of this reference with a 12’’’-120 movement started in 1938. A similar watch is published in “Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches” by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore Genova, 2004, vol. II, p. 87.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-10-15