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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 2000

LOT 423

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 863966, case No. 646584, Ref. 1518, 1st series, circa 1945.Very fine astronomic 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer, perpetual calendar and moon phases. Accompanied by an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

CHF 150,000 - 180,000

USD 80,000 - 100,000

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs. D. matte silver with applied gold Arabic numerals and round indexes, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, graduation for the days of the month, outer tachometer graduation, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Feuille" yellow gold hands. M. 13''' rhodium-plated, 'fausses côtes' decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 8 adjustments, Breguet balance-spring, microeter regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 4 - 6
Dial: 4 - 6 - 01

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Ref. 1518281 examples produced from 1941 to 1954, in yellow and pink gold, only four examples known to date in stainless steel.- First series with applied gold Arabic numerals from 1941.- Second series presented at the Basel Fair in 1942, with enameled hour indexes, the 12 in applied gold Arabic numerals.- Third series with applied gold indexes, the 12 in applied gold Arabic numerals.- Fourth series with applied gold "Bâton" indexes.A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Genève, Wristwatches", by MARTIN HUBER and ALAN BANBERY, Patek Philippe, Geneva, 1998, p. 303.