175,500 CHF
Ref. 1518 “Yellow Gold” Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 863341, case back No. 4213490, Ref. 1518, 1st series. Made circa 1945. Extremely fine and very rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, square button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and the restoration invoice. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel and concave lugs. Satiné silver with upright applied small yellow gold Arabic numerals and dot indexes, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, graduation for the days of the month, outer tachometer graduation, concentric, the 1/5th seconds and minute scales, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold "Dauphine" hands. Notes This watch has just been fully restored by Patek Philippe. Ref. 1518 Produced in 281 examples from 1941 to 1954, in yellow and pink gold, only four examples known to date in stainless steel. - First series with applied gold Arabic numerals from 1941 to 1954. - Second series presented at the Basel Fair in 1942 with enameled hour indexes, the 12 in applied gold Arabic numerals. - Third series with applied gold indexes, the 12 in applied gold Arabic numerals. - Fourth series with applied gold "bâton" indexes. - Similar watches are published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", 1998, by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, p. 303 and in "Collecti
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-05-14
