Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K gold chronograph wristwatch with sector dial and pulsometer

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CO., GENEVE, MOVEMENT NO. 862'027, CASE NO. 617'149, REF. 130, MANUFACTURED IN 1938

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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K gold chronograph wristwatch with sector dial and pulsometer
Signed Patek Philippe & Co., Geneve, movement no. 862'027, case no. 617'149, ref. 130, manufactured in 1938
Cal. 13''' nickel-finished lever movement, 23 jewels, swan neck regulator, the silvered sector dial with applied gold baton numerals to the inner black hard enamel chapter ring, blued steel feuille hands, outer scales calibrated for Arabic five minute disivions and 30 pulsations, two subsidiary dials indicating constant seconds and 30 minutes register, in circular case with downturned lugs, two rectangular chronograph buttons in the band, 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle, case, dial and movement signed
33 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

Accompanied by Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1938 and its subsequent sale on 16 June 1938.

The present watch is one of the earliest known examples of a reference 130 chronograph. Fitted with a very interesting dial, featuring the typical late 1930s sector design combined with the very architectural rectangular applied hour markers, it also shows the lesser known pulsation scale. In fact, as the archives mention that the watch was originally delivered with the more commonly found tachymetre dial, it was probably upon a doctor's request that the present dial was mounted.

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