PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT 18K PINK GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS AND MOON PHASES
13.05.2023 11:00UTC +01:00
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| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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| Event location | Switzerland, 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
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 |
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| Applied technique: | Perpetual calendar |
| Medium: | Gold |
| Art style: | Pre War, Vintage |
| Auction house category: | Men's wristwatches |
| Manufactur: | Patek Philippe |
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| Applied technique: | Perpetual calendar |
| Medium: | Gold |
| Art style: | Pre War, Vintage |
| Auction house category: | Men's wristwatches |
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