949,500 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 869332,case No. 2632524, Ref. 2499, third series, made in 1963, sold on January 29, 1965.Extremely rare and fine and probably unique, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar and moon phases with leather strap and18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.Accompanied by black leather fitted box. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs. black with applied yellow gold indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 30 minutes register, for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. “Feuille” yellow gold hands. 13’’’ CC, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer reulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.Accompanied by the Extrait des Registres. Notes This watch is extremely rare for it bears an original black dial and is the only one known to date with this particularity.Ref. 2499Produced in 349 examples from 1950 to 1985, with the calibre 13’’’ CC, among which are very few with tachometer, the majority in yellow gold, rarely in pink or white gold.- First series from 1951 to circa 1960, square buttons, “Feuille” hands, applied Arabic numerals, fluted lugs. A similar watch is published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 19
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-04-02
