Patek Philippe Rare Ref. 2499/100 Triple Calendar Chronograph Watch At Auction

by Ariel Adams (RSS feed)
Sep 9th 2009 at 12:01PM

A watch like this is almost the quintessential classic Patek Philippe watch. A svelte looking gold watch with the iconic triple calendar and chronograph feature set. It is in 18k yellow gold - small for today - 36m wide case. The movement has the seal of Geneva and is top Patek Philippe quality. Functions include windows for the day and month, and the date is shown around a dial with the integrated moon phase indicator - it is a perpetual calendar by the way, making it even more desirable. There is a subsidiary seconds hand, along with a thirty minute chronograph, as well as the time of course.

The Patek Philippe Ref. 2499 is often regarded as one of the best watches in the world. This particular model was made in the early 1980s, but the 2499 watches entered production literally decades before in various model generations. Despite the popularity of these models, they are very rare, and very valuable. A Patek Philippe 2499 watch from the early 1960's recently sold for $1.7 at auction. Thus, I believe that Antiquorum's estimate of $250,000 - $350,000 is intentionally conservative. They like being able to say that a watch "beat estimate," so they set it up that way pretty often. This Patek Philippe 2499/100 watch will be at Antiquorum's auction on September 17th in New York City.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

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