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The Furama Hotel Hong Kong, Victoriana Room, Jun 05, 2000

LOT 429

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, Calatrava,No. 862008 case No. 616280, Ref. 533, made in 1938, sold on May 30, 1938.Extremely rare and very fine, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer.

HKD 200,000 - 240,000

USD 2,500 - 3,000

Sold: HKD 345,000

C. three-body, solid, polished, flat bezel, concave lugs. D. black with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutesregister dials, outer tachometer, 1/5th second and seconds graduation. ?Feuille? yellow gold hands.M. Cal. 13???-130, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 33 mm.Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: * 4 - 5
Dial: 3 - 5 - 01

Notes

This watch bears a very unusual original dial.Ref. 533Production of this reference started in 1937.A similar watch is published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, p. 264.