498,500 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 888113, case No. 687978, Ref. 2438-1, second series, made in 1954, sold on November 17, 1960, for SFr. 3'800. Extremely fine and rare, waterproof, center second, astronomic, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and skeleton luminescent hands. Accompanied by original fitted box and certificate. massive, polished, concave bezel, screwed back. matt silver with applied pink gold indexes + auxiliary dials for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Dauphine " skeleton luminescent pink gold hands. 27-SC Q Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Accompanied by Extract from the Archives. Notes Ref. 2497 and 2438-1 From 1951 to 1963, only 179 examples of these two models were produced; the majority itt yellow gold, very few in pink gold, and, only one in platinum is known to date. The Ref. 2438-1 with screwed back was produced in very small quantities; to our knowledge, only three examples were made in pink gold. The present watch seems to be the only known model of this series featuring skeleton luminescent "Dauphine" hands. Ref. 2497, started in 1951 - First series from 1952 to 1958 with applied Arabic numeral Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-10-31
