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Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

LOT 365

?Stainless Steel Ref. 1463 - Breguet numerals? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 867701, case No. 653525, Ref. 1463. Production of this reference started in 1940. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachometer, and Breguet numerals.

CHF 200,000 - 250,000

EUR 130,000 - 160,000 / USD 160,000 - 200,000

Sold: CHF 237,250

C. Two-body, polished, screwed-down case back, dust-protecting cap. D. Matte silver with applied steel Breguet numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation. Steel "feuille" steel hands. M. 13'''-130, rhodiumplated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustments,self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness: 12 mm.


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Case: 3

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Movement: 3

Good
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

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A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, page 267. Ref. 1463 Production of this Ref. started in 1940. Only a few examples were made in stainless steel. In addition, this watch?s Breguet numerals make it extremely desirable for collectors. The first models of the Ref. 1463, made in the 1940s, had bezels which continued to the band. This changed in the early 1950s to a stepped bezel, as in the present watch. A similar watch is published in ?Patek Philippe Wristwatches? by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, p; 267. Poinçons de Genève The voluntary quality control of watches at the Geneva Observatory, was established by a law dated November 6, 1886. Conditions were laid down for the attribution and stamping of the Poinçons de Genève, punchmarks designed as the coat-of-arms of Ge-neva. Pocket watches, or wristwatches which carry the Poin-çons de Genève, considered as an equivalent to a Bulletin Officiel de Marche, punched on a bridge and on the main plate of the movement, were qualified to be officially termed "chronometers".