672,850 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 869437, case No. 2637712, Ref 2499, third series, retailed by Trucchi, Napoli (Italy), sold to an Italo-American doctor on September 29, 1972, for Italian Lire 6 million. Extremely fine and rare, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar and moon phases, accompanied by certificate and original fitted box. three body, massive, polished, concave bezel with flat edge, fluted lugs. matte silver with applied pink gold indexes, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, graduation for the days of the month, the months, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Dauphine" pink gold hands. 13 - CC, Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes " decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balancespring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm Notes This watch is extremely rare for its pink gold case. During the last decades, no more than two or three pink gold wristwatches Ref. 2499, third series, have appearead on the Market or at Auction. This model bears also the usual concave bezel typical of this series, but it has a rather wide and large flat edge on top of the bezel. Also, the second tachometer graduation comes right to the gold bezel, whereas usually, on regular models, there is a blank space. Provenance - The property of a European collector, since th Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-04-24
