Lot 38 · Important Watches
Reference 1579 'Spider Lugs' | A yellow gold chronograph wristwatch with two-tone dial, Made in 1947
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- Estimate
- $50,000–$100,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Important Watches · 15 June 2026
- Record ID
- TB-2026-2598277
- Record
- first seen 27 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Patek Philippe, Reference 1579 'Spider Lugs' | A yellow gold chronograph wristwatch with two-tone dial, Made in 1947. Sotheby's, 15 Jun 2026, lot 38. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2598277.
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Patek Philippe, Reference 1579 'Spider Lugs' | A yellow gold chronograph wristwatch with two-tone dial, Made in 1947. Sotheby's, 15 Jun 2026, lot 38. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2598277.
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.