91,500 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 975132,case No. 671364, Ref. 2441, retailed by Freccero y Cia, Montevideo (Uruguay), circa 1954.Very fine and rare, rectangular "bombé", 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with leather strap and 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle, in original brown leather fitted box. two body, massive, polished and brushed, pillar shaped lugs, cylinder crystal. pink withapplied gold fancy indexes and Roman numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. "Bâton" pink gold hands. Notes Poinçons de GenèveThe voluntary quality control of watches at the Geneva Observatory, was established by a law dated November 6, 1886. Conditions were laid down for the attribution and stamping of the Poinçons de Genève, punch-marks designed as the coat-of-arms of Geneva. Pocket watches, or wristwatches which carry the Poinçons de Genève, considered as an equivalent to a Bulletin Officiel de Marche, punched on a bridge and on the main plate of the movement, were qualified to be officially termed "chronometers".
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-11-14
