Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 93

?Pink Gold Calatrava? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, retailed by Freccero, "Calatrava", No. 923847, case No. 632362. Made circa 1943. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, flat bezel, concave lugs. D. Copper-colored with applied pink gold Roman numerals and round indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 11 1/2''', stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, ?swanneck? micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 30 mm. Thickness 10 mm.