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
27.11.2022 13:00UTC +08:00
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5922000HKD HKD 5 922 000
Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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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
Estimate value
HKD 5 500 000 – 11 000 000
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 |
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Applied technique: | Manual-winding, Tourbillon |
Medium: | Gold |
Art style: | Pre War, Vintage |
Auction house category: | Pocket watches |
Manufactur: | Patek Philippe |
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Applied technique: | Manual-winding, Tourbillon |
Medium: | Gold |
Art style: | Pre War, Vintage |
Auction house category: | Pocket watches |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 18 Chater Road Central Hong Kong Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
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Phone | +85227601766 | ||||||||||||||
Fax | +852 2760 1767 | ||||||||||||||
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