1,082,500 CHF
Patek Philippe Ref. 2499 – Pink Gold Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 869441, case No. 2637716, Ref. 2499, third series. Made in 1971, sold on June 14th 1972. Exceptional and extremely rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, 30-minute register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a Patek Philippe box and the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, fluted lugs, large recessed winding crown, domed crystal. Matte silver with applied pink gold faceted baton and pyramidal indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-minute/second Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, graduation for the date at 6, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Pink gold dauphine hands. Cal. 13-130, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodiumplated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with 8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, spring-loaded micrometric regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Notes There has been only one other known example with the present dial configuration which features gold applied hour markers that differ from any other markers on a Patek Philippe ref. 2499 - the pyramidal indices at 3, 5, 7 and 9 o'clock are larger in size, but more importantly, all the baton markers are
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-11-13
