794,500 CHF
Ref. 2499, Yellow Gold “Third Series with Tachometer Dial” Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 868757, case No. 2621545, Ref. 2499, third series. Made in 1960, sold on December 18th, 1962. Exceptional and extremely rare 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, 30-minute register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, special tachometer dial and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, fluted lugs, domed crystal with “cyclops” lens. Matte silver with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes, outer minute track with concentric fifths of a second divisions, Arabic five minute/second numerals, outermost tachometer scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, graduation for the date, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold dauphine hands. Notes This watch is another magnificent example of Reference 2499, third series, with a rare tachometer indication on the dial. This model, with its various series, is considered by collectors to be one of the iconic wristwatches of the post-war era. It is undoubtedly the most beloved, soughtafter, and expensive among perpetual calendar watches with chronograph. The clarity of the dial's iconography, the perfect proportions of the case, with its rounded shape, its thickness, its arched and fluted lugs, and its concave bezel, later inspired references 3970 and 3971, produc
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-10-14
