Lot 16 · Treasures of Time
'First Series', Reference 2499 | A pink gold perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases and case by Wenger | Made in 1950
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- Estimate
- CHF 2,500,000–CHF 5,000,000 hammer ≈ $2,867,029–$5,734,057
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Treasures of Time, Geneva · 10 November 2024
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5249999
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Patek Philippe, 'First Series', Reference 2499 | A pink gold perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases and case by Wenger | Made in 1950. Sotheby's, 10 Nov 2024, lot 16. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5249999.
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Patek Philippe, 'First Series', Reference 2499 | A pink gold perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases and case by Wenger | Made in 1950. Sotheby's, 10 Nov 2024, lot 16. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5249999.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Reference 3307 | A yellow gold mono-pusher chronograph wristwatch | M… | Vacheron Constantin | CHF 40,000–CHF 80,000 | |
| 'Cornes de Vaches', Reference 6087 | A yellow gold chronograph wristw… | Vacheron Constantin | CHF 30,000–CHF 50,000 | |
| Travel Time 'Gübelin 150th Anniversary', Reference 5134G-010 | A limi… | Patek Philippe | CHF 15,000–CHF 30,000 | |
| Reference 1436 | A unique yellow gold split-second chronograph wristw… | Patek Philippe | CHF 400,000–CHF 800,000 | |
| Retailed by Hermès: Compax, Reference 5922 | A yellow gold chronograp… | Universal Genève | CHF 10,000–CHF 20,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Patek Philippe | Reference 6300G-010 Grandmaster Chime | An impressive white | Sotheby's, Jun 2024 | ||
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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.