PATEK PHILIPPE. AN ASTONISHING, POSSIBLY UNIQUE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD TOURBILLON KEYLESS WATCH WITH WHITE ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS AND HANDS, ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ANTIMAGNETIC OBSERVATORY CONTEST STAINLESS STEEL CASE AND CONTEST SECTOR DI - photo 1
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN ASTONISHING, POSSIBLY UNIQUE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD TOURBILLON KEYLESS WATCH WITH WHITE ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS AND HANDS, ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ANTIMAGNETIC OBSERVATORY CONTEST STAINLESS STEEL CASE AND CONTEST SECTOR DI - photo 2
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN ASTONISHING, POSSIBLY UNIQUE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD TOURBILLON KEYLESS WATCH WITH WHITE ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS AND HANDS, ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ANTIMAGNETIC OBSERVATORY CONTEST STAINLESS STEEL CASE AND CONTEST SECTOR DI - photo 3
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN ASTONISHING, POSSIBLY UNIQUE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD TOURBILLON KEYLESS WATCH WITH WHITE ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS AND HANDS, ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ANTIMAGNETIC OBSERVATORY CONTEST STAINLESS STEEL CASE AND CONTEST SECTOR DI - photo 4
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN ASTONISHING, POSSIBLY UNIQUE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD TOURBILLON KEYLESS WATCH WITH WHITE ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS AND HANDS, ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ANTIMAGNETIC OBSERVATORY CONTEST STAINLESS STEEL CASE AND CONTEST SECTOR DI - photo 5
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN ASTONISHING, POSSIBLY UNIQUE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD TOURBILLON KEYLESS WATCH WITH WHITE ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS AND HANDS, ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ANTIMAGNETIC OBSERVATORY CONTEST STAINLESS STEEL CASE AND CONTEST SECTOR DI - photo 6
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN ASTONISHING, POSSIBLY UNIQUE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD TOURBILLON KEYLESS WATCH WITH WHITE ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS AND HANDS, ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ANTIMAGNETIC OBSERVATORY CONTEST STAINLESS STEEL CASE AND CONTEST SECTOR DI - photo 7
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN ASTONISHING, POSSIBLY UNIQUE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD TOURBILLON KEYLESS WATCH WITH WHITE ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS AND HANDS, ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ANTIMAGNETIC OBSERVATORY CONTEST STAINLESS STEEL CASE AND CONTEST SECTOR DI - photo 8
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN ASTONISHING, POSSIBLY UNIQUE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD TOURBILLON KEYLESS WATCH WITH WHITE ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS AND HANDS, ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ANTIMAGNETIC OBSERVATORY CONTEST STAINLESS STEEL CASE AND CONTEST SECTOR DI - photo 9
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN ASTONISHING, POSSIBLY UNIQUE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD TOURBILLON KEYLESS WATCH WITH WHITE ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS AND HANDS, ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ANTIMAGNETIC OBSERVATORY CONTEST STAINLESS STEEL CASE AND CONTEST SECTOR DI - photo 10
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN ASTONISHING, POSSIBLY UNIQUE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD TOURBILLON KEYLESS WATCH WITH WHITE ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS AND HANDS, ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ANTIMAGNETIC OBSERVATORY CONTEST STAINLESS STEEL CASE AND CONTEST SECTOR DI - photo 11
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN ASTONISHING, POSSIBLY UNIQUE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD TOURBILLON KEYLESS WATCH WITH WHITE ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS AND HANDS, ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ANTIMAGNETIC OBSERVATORY CONTEST STAINLESS STEEL CASE AND CONTEST SECTOR DI - photo 12
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN ASTONISHING, POSSIBLY UNIQUE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD TOURBILLON KEYLESS WATCH WITH WHITE ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS AND HANDS, ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ANTIMAGNETIC OBSERVATORY CONTEST STAINLESS STEEL CASE AND CONTEST SECTOR DI - photo 13
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN ASTONISHING, POSSIBLY UNIQUE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD TOURBILLON KEYLESS WATCH WITH WHITE ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS AND HANDS, ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ANTIMAGNETIC OBSERVATORY CONTEST STAINLESS STEEL CASE AND CONTEST SECTOR DI - photo 14

PATEK PHILIPPE. AN ASTONISHING, POSSIBLY UNIQUE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD TOURBILLON KEYLESS WATCH WITH WHITE ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS AND HANDS, ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ANTIMAGNETIC OBSERVATORY CONTEST STAINLESS STEEL CASE AND CONTEST SECTOR DI

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HKD 5 922 000
Auction dateClassic
27.11.2022 13:00UTC +08:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 854027
Lot 2522 | PATEK PHILIPPE. AN ASTONISHING, POSSIBLY UNIQUE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD TOURBILLON KEYLESS WATCH WITH WHITE ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS AND HANDS, ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ANTIMAGNETIC OBSERVATORY CONTEST STAINLESS STEEL CASE AND CONTEST SECTOR DI
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN ASTONISHING, POSSIBLY UNIQUE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD TOURBILLON KEYLESS WATCH WITH WHITE ENAMEL DIAL, BREGUET NUMERALS AND HANDS, ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ANTIMAGNETIC OBSERVATORY CONTEST STAINLESS STEEL CASE AND CONTEST SECTOR DIAL, FIRST PRIZE WINNING TOURBILLON AT THE GENEVA OBSERVATORY TIMING CONTEST IN 1931

MANUFACTURED IN 1924

Movement: Manual, tourbillon carriage made by James Pellaton, movement fitted with Guillaume-type balance, regulated by Patek Philippe’s most famous régleurs Jules Golay-Audemars

Dial: Silver sector dial

Case: 57 mm.

With: Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming the 18k gold case, further mentioning "Geneva Observatory rating certificate obtained on 03.02.1931", accompanied by its antimagnetic observatory contest stainless steel case, contest sector dial and hands, and Patek Philippe presentation box

Remark: First Prize at the Timing Contest of 1931. To the best of our knowledge, no other Patek Philippe observatory chronometer watch is known publicly with both cases and both dials.

Note: Serial numbers are available upon request

Manufactur:Patek Philippe
Applied technique:Manual-winding, Tourbillon
Medium:Gold
Art style:Pre War, Vintage
Category:Pocket watch
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