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Geneva, Nov 11, 2007
LOT 293
Ref. 533, Pink Gold Calatrava Chronograph Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, "Calatrava", No. 863916, case No. 646284, Ref. 533. Made in 1946, sold on July 4th, 1947. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.
CHF 60,000 - 70,000
EUR 35,000 - 40,000 / USD 50,000 - 60,000
C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs. D. Champagne with applied pink gold dot indexes and Roman half-hour numerals, outer minute and 1/5th seconds scale, outermost tachometer graduated to 300 units/hour, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute registers. Pink gold baton hands. M. 13???, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
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Grade: |
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Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-20-01 |
Good Period original HANDS Original |
Notes
Production of this reference began in 1937. It is identical to Ref. 130 with the exception of the bezel, which is flat, whereas Ref. 130 has a concave bezel.
A similar watch is illustrated in ?Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches? by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2004, vol II, p. 81.