$189,500
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève,No. 862421, case No. 623715, Ref. 1436.Production of this reference started in 1938,made in 1942.Exceptional and extremely rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button split-seconds chrono-graph,register, tachometer. Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs. matte silver with applied yellow gold Roman numerals and dotindexes, auxiliary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation. Blued steel "Bâton" hands. Cal. 13-130,stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement,monometallic balance, adjusted to 8 positions, self compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator, the winding-crown isto stop and to reunite the split-second hands.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm. Notes Similar watches are published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, p. 273-274.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-12-02
