126,500 HKD
“Yellow Calatrava” Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, "Calatrava", No. 709964, case No. 311389, Ref. 570. Produced circa 1965. Very fine large center-seconds 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch. Accompanied by original box. Three-body, solid, polished, flat bezel, concave lugs. Mattesilver with applied yellow gold indexes and dot minute markers.Yellow gold "Dauphine" hands. Cal. 27-SC, stamped with theSeal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, “fausses-côtes”decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallicbalance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions,shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balancespring,swan-neck micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 9.7 mm. Notes Ref. 570 Production of this reference started in 1939. The first examples of reference 570 with calibre 12 '''-120, 12 SC, 13 ''' C (c)and 12 '''- 400. were produced from 1938 on. The first examples with the caliber 27-S (c)began to be produced in 1950.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-07-10
