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PATEK PHILIPPE & CO. GENEVE NO. 888118, REF. 2497 MANUFACTURED IN 1955 A FINE AND RARE GOLD CENTE...

Currency:USD Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:130,000.00 - 160,000.00 USD
PATEK PHILIPPE & CO. GENEVE NO. 888118, REF. 2497 MANUFACTURED IN 1955 A FINE AND RARE GOLD CENTE...
PATEK PHILIPPE & CO.
GENEVE
NO. 888118, REF. 2497 MANUFACTURED IN 1955
A FINE AND RARE GOLD
CENTER-SECONDS PERPETUAL-CALENDAR WRISTWATCH
WITH MOON PHASES, bracelet and ORIGINAL BOX
18K, NICKEL LEVER
MOVEMENT, MONOMETALLIC COMPENSATION BALANCE,
18 JEWELS, ADJUSTED TO HEAT, COLD, ISOCHRONISM AND FIVE POSITIONS, MOVEMENT STAMPED TWICE WITH SEAL OF GENEVA, SILVERED DIAL, APPLIED BATON NUMERALS, APERTURES FOR DAY, MONTH AND MOON PHASES COMBINED WITH DATE, OUTER SCALE CALIBRATED FOR FIFTH SECONDS, MOLDED CASE WITH STEPPED LUGS, WITH LATER
14k GOLD BRACELET
SIGNED ON MOVEMENT,
CASE AND DIAL, NUMBERED
ON MOVEMENT AND CASE DIAMETER 37 MM
CHF 200,000-250,000
$ 130,000-160,000
THIS WATCH IS ACCOMPANIED
BY AN EXTRACT FROM
THE ARCHIVES CONFIRMING
ITS MANUFACTURE AND SUBSEQUENT SALE IN 1957.
IT IS FURTHER ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ORIGINAL PATEK PHILIPPE leather BOX, INSTRUCTION MANUAL AND
TWO SPARE PATEK PHILIPPE LEATHER BRACELETS.
THE CELEBRATED REFERENCE 2497, TOGETHER WITH REFERENCE 2438-1, WAS PRODUCED FROM 1951 UNTIL 1963 IN A TOTAL SERIES OF 179 PIECES. THE DIALS FOR THE MAJORITY OF REFERENCE'S 2497 PRODUCTION WERE GENERALLY FITTED WITH APPLIED ARABIC AND DOT NUMERALS. ONLY A VERY
SMALL PORTION OF THIS SERIES, NO MORE THAN 15 WATCHES, WERE FITTED WITH BATON NUMERALS, A DIAL THAT WAS USUALLY RESERVED FOR THE SCREW-BACK VERSION, REFERENCE 2438-1. THE PRESENT WATCH has NEVER BEFORE been OFFERED FOR SALE, EITHER PRIVATELY OR
AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
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