Patel< Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 868996, case No. 2616388, Ref. 1436, produced in 1960, sold on 15 October 1964. Extremely fine and rare 18K yellow gold gentleman' s wristwatch with square button splitsecond chronograph, register and tachometer. | Important Watches, Wristwatches and Clocks & Ulysse Nardin Jubilee | Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, 12th October 1996

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Patel< Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 868996, case No. 2616388, Ref. 1436, produced in 1960, sold on 15 October 1964. Extremely fine and rare 18K yellow gold gentleman' s wristwatch with square button splitsecond chronograph, register and tachometer.

CHF 130,000 - 150,000

C. massive, polished, satined. D. mat silver with applied gold indexes and Roman numerals + auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer tachometer graduation. "Feuille" gold hands. M. 13"' rhodiumed, "fausses cotes" decoration, 25 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator, the coaxial single button on the winding-crown. is for the split-seconds functions. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition with Extract of the Archives. Diam. 33 mm.

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Split-second chronograph wristwatches were the must of Patek Philippe technology and were cased in yellow or white gold. Three examples only in stainless steel are known today. A similar watch is published in Collezionare Orologi Patek Philippe by M. and O. Patrizzi, p. 235.