73,600 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, Calatrava,No. 729401, case No. 310487, Ref. 2597, made in 1960, delivered on December 15, 1960 to Hölscher, Köln.Very fine and rare two time-zone, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with two hands. two body, massive, polished, bearing two buttons activating the hour hand forwards and backwards according to the world time, independently by steps of one hour at a time. matte silver with applied yellow gold indexes, auxiliary seconds dial. "Dauphine" yellow gold hands. Notes Ref. 2597 HS (Heure sautante)Production of this reference started in 1958.It was produced in two versions either with one or two ajustable jumping hour hands (start of manufacture of this second device began in March, 1962).Similar watches are published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, pp. 238-239.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-10-23
