Patek Philippe Chronograph 130A

Patek Philippe

Brand Patek Phillippe, Geneva Model - Retailed by - Year circa 1949 Reference 130 A Movement No. 867 675 Calibre 13-130 CC, manual-winding, 23 jewels Case No. 653 979 Material/s stainless steel Bracelet black leather strap Buckle stainless steel pin-buckle Dimensions Ø 33,8 mm, 39.8 x 33.8 mm. Thickness 12.7 mm. Length - Weight 38.6 gr. (approx.) Signature dial, case and movement Accessories original fitted box, Certificate of origin (dated May 15, 1950), invoice repair (dated October 10, 1957); Extract from the Archives Patek Phillippe Ref. 130 A, chronograph, minute counter, tachometer scale, “Calatrava”-type case, concave bezel, silver dial, Arabic numerals; stainless steel –– Stainless steel, manual-winding, round-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, with subsidiary seconds at 9 o’clock and two horological complications: 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the two rectangular-shaped push-pieces located on the case-band; start, stop and return to zero functions) with tachometer scale graduated on the dial for 1 000 units per hour Half-instantaneous 30-minute counter (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock) –– Case: three-piece, polished, cylindrical case-band, concave bezel, “tortoise”-shaped concave lugs, snap-on case-back; polished crown. Dial: silver colour, with stainless steel applied suspended Arabic numerals (6-12) and “baton” indexes; silver colour subsidiary dials, with black painted radiating and revolving Arabic numerals; external minute track divided five by five with black radiating lines, internal second track divided with 1/5th of a second with black painted radiating lines; stainless steel “Feuille” leaf-shaped hands; short signature. Movement: calibre 13-130 CC (ébauche by Valjoux), manual-winding, 23 jewels, rhodium-plated with “fausses côtes” decoration, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, Glucydur screw-balance, self-compensating Breguet hairspring, polished steel index-regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw, eight adjustments; chronograph work on the top plate. –– The original Certificate of origin and warranty is dated May 17, 1950. Invoice repair dated October 10, 1957, by Wm Hawkes & Son, London, Kensington, 50-52 Walton Street, Cadogan Square, S.W.3. The Extract from the Archives, dated September 21, 2005, mentions that this watch was made in 1949 and sold on May 17, 1950.