99,750 CHF
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 1463 CHRONOGRAPH YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 867248, case No. 644758, Ref. 1463. Made in 1947, sold on June 17th, 1948. Extremely fine and rare, early period, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register and tachometer with an 18k yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and a Patek Philippe fitted case. Two-body, solid, polished, screw-down case back, stepped inclined bezel, anti-magnetic dust cap, concave lugs. Brushed silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, Roman 6 and 12, outer minute/ seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outermost tachometer scale graduated to 1000 UPH. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic compensation balance witHEIGHT adjustments, self-compensating steel Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 35 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. The reference 1463 was launched in 1940. The Extract from the Archives confirms that the present watch was made in 1947 making this watch one of the early examples of this reference which continued in production until 1965. The majority were made in yellow gold. The reference 1463 is the only Patek Philippe vintage chronograph to have a water-resistant case and it has b
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2015-05-10
