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PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT 18K PINK GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS AND MOON PHASES

Lot 131
13.05.2023 11:00UTC +01:00
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CHF 1 497 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationSwitzerland, Geneva
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ID 949240
Lot 131 | PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT 18K PINK GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS AND MOON PHASES
Estimate value
CHF 600 000 – 1 200 000
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT 18K PINK GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS AND MOON PHASES

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 2497, MOVEMENT NO. 888’041, CASE NO. 674’394, MANUFACTURED IN 1953

Movement: Manual

Dial: Silvered

Case: 37 mm. diam., engraved 'Peter S. Knoll, New York City, 1980'

With: 18k pink gold Patek Philippe buckle, Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming manufacture of the present watch in 1953 and its subsequent sale on 14 October 1970, presentation box

Remark: Remarkable condition first series with pink gold Vichet case





Provenance

Antiquorum Geneva, 24 October 2004, Lot 101.

Phillips Geneva, 7 & 8 November 2015, Lot 295



Literature

Ref. 2498J and calibre 27 SCQ are illustrated in : Patek Philippe

Wristwatches, M. Huber & H. Banbery, 1998 edition, p. 285,

figure 283.



Ref. 2497 is illustrated in the ‘Blue Book 1’, 2018 edition by Eric Tortella, page 536-539

It is also illustrated in: Patek Philippe Museum Vol. II, Patek Philippe, 2014 edition, p. 294.



Special notice


This lot is subject to standard Swiss VAT rules and 7.7% VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and the ‘buyer’s premium’
Manufactur:Patek Philippe
Applied technique:Perpetual calendar
Medium:Gold
Art style:Pre War, Vintage
Auction house category:Men's wristwatches
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