590,000 HKD
“Yellow Gold Ref. 1579” Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 869128, case No. 2633277, Ref. 1579. Made in 1963, sold on January 30th, 1964. Very fine and rare, oversized 18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished, sloped bezel, faceted teardrop lugs. Matte silver with applied yellow gold pyramidal indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation. Yellow gold "feuille" hands. Notes Ref. 1579 Due to its large size, this reference is one of the most sought-after non waterresistant Patek Philippe chronographs. Production of this reference began in 1943. It was produced in Staybrite (exceptionally rare), in steel with pink gold lugs, bezel, and crown (extremely rare), in yellow gold (standard production), pink and in white gold (extremely rare). Only three examples were made in platinum.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-02
