$186,400
"Yellow 1436" Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 867847, case No. 663037, Ref. 1436. Made in 1950 and sold on August 27th, 1951. Extremely fine and rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button, co-axial split-seconds chronograph, 30-minute register, tachometer, and a textured, 18K yellow gold bracelet "a petites mailles." Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel and lugs, dedicated case back, start/stop push-button at 2, return to zero at 4, pushing the winding crown controls the split-seconds function. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Roman numerals and round indexes, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation. Yellow gold "baton" hands. Cal. 13-130, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Notes Similar watches are published in “Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches” by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore Genova, 2004, vol I, pp. 123 - 127 and Vol. II, pp. 95 - 100. The present lot comes from the original owners and was bought in 1951, when the family lived in Rome, Italy. It was acquired and worn by a New Jersey pilot, who flew his first solo flight in 1936 and was stationed with the “U.S. Army Air Corps 303rd” and “359th Bomb Groups” in
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-12-07
