Lot 370 · Important Watches: Part II
Ellipse, Reference 4278/1 | A yellow gold and diamond-set bracelet watch | Circa 1977
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- Estimate
- CHF 10,000–CHF 15,000 hammer ≈ $11,053–$16,580
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Important Watches: Part II, Geneva · 15 May 2024
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5212544
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Patek Philippe, Ellipse, Reference 4278/1 | A yellow gold and diamond-set bracelet watch | Circa 1977. Sotheby's, 15 May 2024, lot 370. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5212544.
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Patek Philippe, Ellipse, Reference 4278/1 | A yellow gold and diamond-set bracelet watch | Circa 1977. Sotheby's, 15 May 2024, lot 370. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5212544.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Patek Philippe | Lady's White Gold and Diamond Wristwatch with Moon Phases | Phillips, Nov 2022 | ||
| Patek Philippe | Patek Philippe 1491 "Riccio", anni ‘50 | Finarte, Jun 2021 | ||
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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.