Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006
LOT 411
?Ref. 570? Oversized Steel Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, "Calatrava", No. 925300, case No. 630188, Ref. 570. Made in 1944, sold on August 9th, 1944. Very fine and very rare, oversized, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with a twotone silver dial with a stainless steel Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate of origin and the Extract from the Archives.
CHF 65,000 - 85,000
EUR 40,000 - 55,000 / USD 53,000 - 70,000
Sold: CHF 70,800
C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs. D. Two tone silver with applied white gold round indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, outer minute track. White gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 12'''-120, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 10 mm.
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Grade: |
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Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Notes
Ref. 570
The production of this reference with a 12???-120 movement started in 1938. A similar watch is published in ?Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches? by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore Genova, 2004, vol. II, p. 87.