1060
Patek Philippe
Ref. 4785/11
A lady’s fine and rare yellow gold, diamond and ruby-set bracelet watch
- Estimate
- HK$160,000 - 260,000€19,300 - 31,300$20,000 - 33,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Patek Philippe
- Year
- 1989
- Reference No
- 4785/11
- Movement No
- 1'650'337
- Case No
- 2'871'169
- Material
- 18k yellow gold, diamonds and rubies
- Calibre
- Quartz, E15, 6 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18k yellow gold and partially diamond-set <em>Patek Philippe</em> bracelet, 162 mm. maximum length
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k yellow gold <em>Patek Philippe</em> folding clasp
- Dimensions
- 23 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Patek Philippe</em> sale tag, fitted presentation box and outer packaging. With <em>Patek Philippe</em> Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch is set with 24 diamonds weighing 1.51 carats, 38 diamonds weighing 0.24 carats and 88 diamonds weighing 0.96 carats in 1989 and its subsequent sale on 11 May 1990.
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Catalogue Essay
Consigned by the original owner, the present watch is in incredibly well preserved condition and appears to be unused. When the watch was original sold, it had a substantial retail price of 14.5 million Japanese Yen, which is close to 150,000 US Dollars today. The watch still retains with its original presentation box and sales tag.
Patek Philippe
Swiss | 1839Since its founding in 1839, this famous Geneva-based firm has been surprising its clientele with superbly crafted timepieces fitted with watchmaking's most prestigious complications. Traditional and conservative designs are found across Patek Philippe's watches made throughout their history — the utmost in understated elegance.Well-known for the Graves Supercomplication — a highly complicated pocket watch that was the world’s most complicated watch for 50 years — this family-owned brand has earned a reputation of excellence around the world. Patek's complicated vintage watches hold the highest number of world records for results achieved at auction compared with any other brand. For collectors, key models include the reference 1518, the world's first serially produced perpetual calendar chronograph, and its successor, the reference 2499. Other famous models include perpetual calendars such as the ref. 1526, ref. 3448 and 3450, chronographs such as the reference 130, 530 and 1463, as well as reference 1436 and 1563 split seconds chronographs. Patek is also well-known for their classically styled, time-only "Calatrava" dress watches, and the "Nautilus," an iconic luxury sports watch first introduced in 1976 as the reference 3700 that is still in production today.
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