Patek Philippe Complications 1463 R HL

Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva Retailed by GuillermIn, Paris. Year circa 1953 Reference 1463 R HL (Heures Lapidées or lapidated hours) (2nd series) Movement No. 863 519 Calibre 13-130 CC, manual-winding, 23 jewels Case No. 672 786 (by Frères Borgel – Taubert Manufacture, Geneva) Material/s pink gold (18-carat) Bracelet leather strap Buckle pink gold (18-carat) pin-buckle, signed Dimensions Ø 34.5 mm.. Signature dial, case and movement Accessories original fitted box; Extract from the Archives Patek Philippe Ref. 1463 R HL (Heures Lapidées or lapidated hours) (2nd series), chronograph, 30-minute counter, tachometer, water-resistant case, concave bezel, silver dial, lapidated indexes; nicknamed ‘Tasti Tondi’ by collectors; pink gold (18-carat) -- The first reference of a water-resistant wristwatch with chronograph produced by the Manufacture A water-resistant chronograph wristwatch, with silver dial and tachometer scale. French import and retailer hallmarks stamped on the caseback -- Yellow gold (18-carat), 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 round-shaped push-pieces located on the case-band; start, stop and return to zero functions) • Half-instantaneous 30-minute counter (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock) -- Case: two-piece, polished and satin-finished, rounded profile case-band extended by a concave stepped bezel, ‘tortoise’-shaped concave lugs, water-resistant case-back; polished crown. Dial: silver colour, with yellow gold applied radiating lapidated indexes, external minute track divided five by five with black radiating lines, external second track divided with 1/5th of a second with black painted radiating lines; yellow gold ‘Feuille’ leaf-shaped hands. Movement: calibre 13-130 CC (ébauche by Valjoux), manual-winding, 23 jewels, rhodium-plated with ‘fausses côtes’ decoration, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance, blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator with spring and micrometric screw; eight adjustments chronograph work on the top plate; movement protected by a cap against dust and humidity. -- The Extract from the Archives, dated October 21, 2019, mentions that this watch was made in 1953 and sold on May 01, 1954.