• Important Watches auction at Christies

    Sale 2969

    Important Watches

    Hong Kong

    |

    28 November 2012

    Browse Sale
Previous Lot
Search
Next Lot
    • PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE 18K GOL
    Lot 2999

    PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE 18K GOLD OPENFACE SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH KEYLESS LEVER WATCH

    SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE, GENEVA, MOVEMENT NO. 124'999, CASE NO. 239'688, MANUFACTURED IN 1904

    Price realised

    HKD 125,000

    Estimate

    HKD 100,000 - HKD 150,000

    Follow lot
    Add to Interests

    PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE 18K GOLD OPENFACE SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH KEYLESS LEVER WATCH
    SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE, GENEVA, MOVEMENT NO. 124'999, CASE NO. 239'688, MANUFACTURED IN 1904
    Cal. 16"' keyless jewelled lever movement, gold cuvette, white enamel dial, Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds, plain circular case, split seconds chronograph operated through the crown and button in the band, hinged case back with engraved initials, case, dial, cuvette and movement signed
    45 mm. diam.

    Contact us

    • Contact Client Service

      info@christies.com

      New York +1 212 636 2000

      London +44 (0)20 7839 9060

      infoasia@christies.com

      Asia +852 2760 1766

    • Sam Hines

      watcheshk@christies.com

      +852 2978 9940

    Lot Essay

    US$12,500-18,000

    With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with Arabic numerals and hands in Louis XV style in 1904 and its subsequent sale on 16 June 1908.

    Recommended features

      • Deconstructed: Patek Philippe
      • Deconstructed: Patek Philippe Calatrava Reference 2526, circa 1954

        A striking example in the storied Calatrava line, the ref. 2526 was the first Patek Philippe wristwatch with an automatic movement

      • 5 reasons collectors love vint
      • 5 reasons collectors love vintage Heuer chronographs

        ​Why Vintage Heuer chronographs made between the 1930s and the 1980s are so highly regarded

      • Antenna: The enduring friendsh
      • Antenna: The enduring friendship of Hepburn and Givenchy

        Ahead of an online sale that honours their close bond, Meredith Etherington-Smith​ traces the roots of a 40-year collaboration

      • ‘Capturing a feeling of creati
      • ‘Capturing a feeling of creation’: Jeff Koons on Play-Doh

        The artist tells us about his meticulous recreation of a child’s toy in a work that became an instant icon when it debuted at the Whitney Museum in New York in 2014

Share
Email
Copy link
Share
Email
Copy link