Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 28, 2014

LOT 83

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 788/1 RICOCHET DRESS WATCH YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, "Ricochet", No. 797719, case No. 318553, Ref. 788/1. Made circa 1962. Very fine and rare, asymmetric, keyless, 18K yellow gold dress watch with sunburst pattern. designed by Gilbert Albert.

Two-piece, solid, with "sunburst" pattern, snap on caseback. Sunburst champagne, repeating the case pattern with painted black baton indexes. Black "baton" hands. Cal. 23-300 PM, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring.