424,250 CHF
“Tachometer Scale” Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 868602, case No. 696514, Ref. 2499, second series. Made in 1957, sold December 12, 1958. Very fine and extremely rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, tachometer scale, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, fluted curved lugs. Matte silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, subsidiary seconds and 30-minuteregister dials, graduation for the days of the month, outer tachometer scale and concen-tric1/5th second and minute scales, Arabic five minute/second numerals, apertures forthe days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands. Notes A similar watch is published in “Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches” by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2004, vol. II, pp. 164, 165 & 167. Ref. 2499 Produced in 349 examples from 1951 to 1985, very few with tachometer scale, the majority in yellow gold, and a very few examples in pink gold. First series: from 1951 to circa 1960, with applied upright Arabic numerals, "feuille" hands, and square chronograph pushbuttons. ˆ Second series: with round buttons, "feuille" hands, and applied Arabic numerals. Third series: round buttons, "dauphine" hands, applied indexes. ˆ Fourth series: from 1960 to 1978, round buttons, "dauphine" or "feuille" hands, ap
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-05-15
