1,601,250 CHF
“The Platinum Mono-Poussoir” Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 860229, case No. 604815. Made in 1937, sold on January 17, 1939. Exceptional and possibly unique gentleman's platinum wristwatch with single button chronograph on the crown, two-tone sector dial, instantaneous 30-minute register, tachometer and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Recently serviced by Patek Philippe and accompanied by the original fitted box and Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, concave curved lugs, hinged back. Two-tone, five change, silvered with applied platinum baton indexes, subsidiary seconds and instantaneous 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation, concentric 1/5th second scale. Blued steel “feuille” hands. Notes Patek Philippe first made single button chronograph wristwatches in the early 1920s. These watches all utilized the Victorin Piguet base caliber which was then finished in house. Shortly after the launch of the Ref. 130 chronograph in 1934 Patek Philippe changed to the Lemania chronograph caliber, thereby giving two distinct generations to these early chronograph wristwatches. Amongst the chronographs produced in the first half of the 20th century those with the single button on the winding crown and using the Victorin Piguet movements are the most desirable ones. The present watch is exceptional due to its use of a Victorin Piguet movement in the late 1930s, with horizontal auxiliary dials. The case design is also unusual due
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-11-13
