39,100 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 976414,case No. 687619, Ref. 2554, made in 1956, sold on September 26, 1956.Fine, rare and unusual, rectangular, 18K pink gold gentleman’s wristwatch with leather strap and18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle.Accompanied by leather fitted box. Two-body, massive, polished, pyramidal concave sides, cylinder crystal. matte silver with applied pink gold indexes, auxiliary seconds dial. “Bâton” pink gold hands. Cal. 9’’’-90, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, tonneau, rhodium plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 28 x 41 mm.Accompanied by the a letter of authentification from Patek Philippe. Notes Ref. 2554Production of this reference started in 1952.Poinçons de GenèveThe voluntary quality control of watches at the Geneva Observatory, was established by a law dated November 6, 1886. Conditions were laid down for the attribution and stamping of the Poinçons de Genève, punch-marks designed as the coat-of-arms of Geneva. Pocket watches, or wristwatches which carry the Poinçons de Genève, considered as an equivalent to a Bulletin Officiel de Marche, punched on a bridge and on the main plate of the movement, were qualified to be officially termed “chronometers”.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-04-02
