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$79,500

"Rain Forest"Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 701395, caseNo. 668404, Ref. 2481, circa 1951.Very fine and extremely rare center-seconds, 18K yellow gold and "cloisonné" enamel gentleman's wristwatch. two body, massive, polished, lapidated lugs. gold and "cloisonné" enamel representing a "Rain Forest", with applied gold radial Roman numerals. "Dauphine" yellow gold hands. 27-SC Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodiumed, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm. Notes Ref. 2481Production of this reference started in 1950.A similar watch is published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition , p. 206.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".


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1999-12-01

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