175,500 CHF
Ref. 1463 “Yellow Gold Breguet Numerals” Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 863087, case No. 629720, Ref. 1463. Made in 1942. Sold on August 27th,1943. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, screwed-down case back, dust protecting cap, concave lugs. Matte silver with applied yellow gold “Breguet” numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer scale, base 1000, concentric minutes and fifths of a second scales, Arabic five second numerals. Yellow gold "feuille" hands. Notes Ref. 1463 Production of this reference started in 1940. The first models of the Ref. 1463 made in the 1940s had bezels which continued to the band, this changed in the early 1950s to a stepped bezel.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-04-02
