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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 426

?Doctor?s Watch, Ref. 130? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 860489, case No. 504770, Ref. 130. Made in 1937, sold on February 1, 1938. Very fine and extremely rare, stainless steel doctor's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, pulsometer and tachometer. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 90,000 - 130,000

EUR 57,000 - 82,000 / USD 75,000 - 105,000

Sold: CHF 187,000

C. Three-body, polished and brushed. D. Two-tone silver with applied gold Arabic numerals and painted indexes, auxiliary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer pulsometer graduation for 30 pulsations, concentric, 1/5th seconds graduation, at the center, spiral tachometric scale. Blued steel "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 13 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-20-01

Good

Period original

HANDS Original

Notes

To the best of our knowledge, this is the only wristwatch of this reference in stainless steel with pulsometer and tachometer scale on a two-tone silver dial to have appeared at auction. Ref. 130. For a note, see lot 430.