Lot 300
300
PATEK PHILIPPE, A VERY RARE STAINLESS STEEL WATER RESISTANT ROUND BUTTON CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH signed Patek Philippe & Co., Geneve, movement no.863651, case no.660181, Ref:1463, circa 1950.
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PATEK PHILIPPE, A VERY RARE STAINLESS STEEL WATER RESISTANT ROUND BUTTON CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH signed Patek Philippe & Co., Geneve, movement no.863651, case no.660181, Ref:1463, circa 1950.

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PATEK PHILIPPE, A VERY RARE STAINLESS STEEL WATER RESISTANT ROUND BUTTON CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH
signed Patek Philippe & Co., Geneve, movement no.863651, case no.660181, Ref:1463, circa 1950.
Cal.13-130 rhodium finished movement with 23-jewels and eight adjustments, bimetallic compensation balance, micrometer adjustment to the regulator, dust cap, two-tone silvered dial with applied baton markers and arabic half hours, subsidiary constant seconds and 30-minute recording dials, outer seconds scale divided into fifths and with tachymetric scale, polished and brushed case with screw back, dial, movement and case signed, diameter 34mm.
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Lot Essay

The production of this model, reference 1463, was launched in 1940. Very few examples were produced in stainless steel.

A similar watch is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 2nd edition, p.267.

Another example of this model was sold Christie's New York, 10th April 2001, Lot 143 ($88,125).

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