99,120 CHF
Ref. 130, “Monochrome Pink” Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 863080, case No. 632152, Ref. 130. Made in 1942, sold on August 27th, 1943. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs. Pink with applied pink gold bâton indexes and Roman half-hour numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30- minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation, concentric, 1/5th second scale. Pink gold baton hands. Cal. 13- 130, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to 8 positions, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 11.5 mm. Notes Ref. 130. Production of this reference started in 1934. It was made in stainless steel, yellow gold and pink gold; only three are known in white gold. It is one of the most desirable and sought-after sport watches ever created by the Patek Philippe firm. Sophisticated collectors appreciate this model’s perfect proportions, its large and clearly-readable dial, encircled by a slender, concave bezel which gives the dial an even greater luminosity. Reference 130 usually has one button at 2 o'clock and another at 4 o\
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-10-15
