Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

LOT 345

?Driver?s watch? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 840307,case No. 503905. Made circa 1935. Very fine and rare, horizontal rectangular, 18K yellow gold driver's-type wristwatch with elongated lugs.

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,000 / USD 5,000 - 6,500

C. Two-body, solid, polished, wide, curved elongated lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes. Gold ?alpha? hands. M. 5''', baguette, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating blued steel flat balance-spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 24 x 12 mm. excluding lugs. Thickness 6 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3-24

Good

Slightly chipped

Movement: 4-5*

Fair

Poor

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 4-5-01

Fair

Poor

HANDS Original