Rolex 18206 Platinum, 1989
Unpolished, as new, Full Set
Original guarantee, invoice, purchase receipt, hang tag, green Sticker & Box
To find one of these Rolex 18206 Day-Date’s in such pristine condition is rarely seen now a days. This example which was sold in 1989 at Bucherer (R series) comes in unpolished condition and can be described as new.
It features the beautiful early silver soleil finished dial with its sparkling diamond set hour indices. The Lume plots are perfectly preserved.
What makes this example stand out as well, is that it comes with the original Bucherer guarantee, invoice, purchase receipt, hang tag, and the green sticker on the back plus a nice wooden Rolex box. By observing the green sticker on the back, one can see that it shows signs of little wear.
The combination of the quality of the watch itself and the full set makes this 18206 certainly a great addition to every high-class collection.
I welcome and will respond to your request on my address: info@watchcollector.lu
ChB
Movement:
3155
31 jewels
28800 bph
Case:
Platinum
36 mm
President bracelet in platinum
Green sticker on the back
Dial:
Silver, soleil finish
Diamond set indices
Tritium lume
Patek Philippe Deck Watch, Observatory Certificate
Case 600734, movement 178455
Manufactured 1921, Sold 1938, Gilded movement
Beyer Certificates, Patek Philippe letter and extract from archives
Gilt “extra quality” lever chronometer movement with two Geneva seals, Guillaume balance with gold and platinum poising and regulator screws, diamond end stone, blued steel hairspring with overcoil, swan neck regulator, all engravings and polishing are hand finished to the highest standard.
Massive silver dial with “grainé” finish and hand engraved and enameled inscriptions, roman numerals, Up/down indicator (36) at “12” and oversized small seconds and outer minute track, Patek Philippe signature with movement number.
Fine open face sterling silver case with 0,900 Swiss hallmark, silver dome with engraved movement number, bow with PPC stamp.
What makes this example as well very special is that the movement is gilt finished combined with the silver case, confirmed as well in the two certificates from Beyer Chronométrie. I haven’t seen such a combination yet.
This timepiece is accompanied by the following five documents, which makes it more special and confirms its originality and history:
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Patek Philippe Extrait des Archives which quotes: “Geneva Observatory Timing Contests: 1st class test result in chronometer performance and honorable mention, manufactured in 1921 and sold in 1938.
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Observatory timing Certificate which quotes “mention honorable”, Régleur C. Batifolier.
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Patek Philippe letter to Beyer Chronométrie from 1987 confirming the originality.
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Beyer certificate dated 1994, confirming the originality of the watch and that the movement had been serviced at the Beyer atelier
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Beyer certificate after 2017, confirming the Patek letter from 1987, the Beyer certificate from 1994, the Patek extract from 2017, the originality of the watch and that the movement had been serviced at the Beyer atelier
This Patek Philippe Deck Watch is certainly a great addition to every high-class collection, due to its uniqueness, quality and documented history.
I welcome and will respond to your request on my address: info@watchcollector.lu
ChB
Movement:
21”’ Manual wind Observatory Chronometer, gilded
Guillaume Balance, Diamond end stone, blued steel overcoil hairspring, swan neck regulator
Black polished parts, beveled screws, counter sinks
Beautifully shaped anchor with counterpoise
2 Geneva seals
“Extra” engraving
Régleur: C. Batifolier
Case:
925 silver open face case
62 mm
Dial:
Grainé silver
Gravé et émaillé
Patek Philippe 3483
35mm steel case by Jean Vallon
Cadran Stern dial
The Patek Philippe 3483 was only available in stainless steel case with screw down caseback made by Jean Vallon (the same casemaker as for its bigger brother, reference 3417 Amagnatic). There were probably only 500 examples made and 30 of these have surfaced on the market today. It is powered by the manually wound 27SC (seconde centrale).
The dial is made by Cadran Stern and has a beautiful argenté, satiné soleil finish. The minuterie is finished with a beautiful perlage.
With its clean and straight design, 35mm case size, this watch has a sublime presence on the wrist. With a strong case and a nicely preserved dial, the condition of the present example can be considered as very good. It comes as well with an Extrait des Archives and an additional PPC box.
This timepiece is certainly a connoisseur’s choice and a great addition to every high-class watch collection.
I welcome and will respond to your request on my address: info@watchcollector.lu
ChB
Movement:
27SC (seconde centrale)
18 jewels
Manual wound
Case:
Stainless steel, 35mm
Srewed caseback
Casemaker, Jean Vallon
Dial:
Cadran Stern
Argenté, satiné soleil
Minuterie, perlage
Urban Jürgensen reference 3
Very early pink gold N°010
NOS, never worn, box, certificat and booklet
This is a rare opportunity for every high-class collector to own a very early, legendary Urban Jürgensen reference 3. It comes in NOS condition, never been worn with box, certificat and booklet. The combination of the early production number and the fact that this examples never has spent time on a wrist is a unique chance for every connaisseur of independent watchmaking.
In the 1990s, when the reference 3 was presented, Urban Jürgensen was guided by Peter Baumberger and together with Derek Pratt they developed their collections. Derek Pratt was as well the one who developed the up/down mechanism on the reference 3 (image of the mechanism in the gallery), which took almost 2 years of research, different technical drawings and three dozens of additional parts to finally fit into the ultra thin (2.4mm) Frédérique Piguet base movement. The more, the whole modification for the perpetual calendar indication was as well developed and produced in-house at the atelier of Urban Jürgensen!
To finish the guilloché dial, it takes more than 700 operations and 2 days of work. The moon display requires over 20 operations to produce the blued steel background with inserted gold moon discs and stars that are punched in one by one. The effort required to produce the elegantly curved springs and levers of the perpetual calendar mechanism is partially unlimited. Each steel surface is carefully grained and the edges angled and polished to perfection (photo of the perpetual calendar mechanism in the gallery). The tear drop lugs are individually forged and then soldered by hand to the case.
The level of finissage on the Urban Jürgensen reference 3 timepieces is at the very highest standards of watchmaking.
This timepiece is certainly a connoisseur’s choice and a great addition to every high-class watch collection.
I welcome and will respond to your request on my address: info@watchcollector.lu
ChB
Movement:
Base Automatic caliber FP71, 18 000 vph
In-house modified by Derek Pratt
Perpetual calendar mechanism
Power reserve indication mechanism
Guilloché-main 21kt gold rotor
40 jewels, 2.4mm high
Case:
18kt rose gold
38mm diameter
Each single lug forged and welded to the case
Solid caseback
Dial:
Guilloché-main by Derek Pratt N°010
Silver
Urban Jürgensen reference 3
Early platinum N°024
NOS, never worn, box, certificat and booklet
This is a rare opportunity for every high-class collector to own an early, legendary Urban Jürgensen reference 3. It comes in NOS condition, never been worn with box, certificat and booklet. The combination of the early production number and the fact that this examples never has spent time on a wrist is a unique chance for every connaisseur of independent watchmaking.
In the 1990s, when the reference 3 was presented, Urban Jürgensen was guided by Peter Baumberger and together with Derek Pratt they developed their collections. Derek Pratt was as well the one who developed the up/down mechanism on the reference 3 (image of the mechanism in the gallery), which took almost 2 years of research, different technical drawings and three dozens of additional parts to finally fit into the ultra thin (2.4mm) Frédérique Piguet base movement. The more, the whole modification for the perpetual calendar indication was as well developed and produced in-house at the atelier of Urban Jürgensen!
To finish the guilloché dial, it takes more than 700 operations and 2 days of work. The moon display requires over 20 operations to produce the blued steel background with inserted gold moon discs and stars that are punched in one by one. The effort required to produce the elegantly curved springs and levers of the perpetual calendar mechanism is partially unlimited. Each steel surface is carefully grained and the edges angled and polished to perfection (photo of the perpetual calendar mechanism in the gallery). The tear drop lugs are individually forged and then soldered by hand to the case.
The level of finissage on the Urban Jürgensen reference 3 timepieces is at the very highest standards of watchmaking.
This timepiece is certainly a connoisseur’s choice and a great addition to every high-class watch collection.
I welcome and will respond to your request on my address: info@watchcollector.lu
ChB
Movement:
Base Automatic caliber FP71, 18 000 vph
In-house modified by Derek Pratt
Perpetual calendar mechanism
Power reserve indication mechanism
Guilloché-main 21kt gold rotor
40 jewels, 2.4mm high
Case:
Platinum
38mm diameter
Each single lug forged and welded to the case
Solid caseback
Dial:
Guilloché-main by Derek Pratt N°024
Silver
Urban Jürgensen reference 3
Yellow gold N°098
NOS, never worn, box, certificat and booklet
This is a rare opportunity for every high-class collector to own a legendary Urban Jürgensen reference 3. It comes in NOS condition, never been worn with box, certificat and booklet. The fact that this example never has spent time on a wrist is a unique chance for every connaisseur of independent watchmaking.
In the 1990s, when the reference 3 was presented, Urban Jürgensen was guided by Peter Baumberger and together with Derek Pratt they developed their collections. Derek Pratt was as well the one who developed the up/down mechanism on the reference 3 (image of the mechanism in the gallery), which took almost 2 years of research, different technical drawings and three dozens of additional parts to finally fit into the ultra thin (2.4mm) Frédérique Piguet base movement. The more, the whole modification for the perpetual calendar indication was as well developed and produced in-house at the atelier of Urban Jürgensen!
To finish the guilloché dial, it takes more than 700 operations and 2 days of work. The moon display requires over 20 operations to produce the blued steel background with inserted gold moon discs and stars that are punched in one by one. The effort required to produce the elegantly curved springs and levers of the perpetual calendar mechanism is partially unlimited. Each steel surface is carefully grained and the edges angled and polished to perfection (photo of the perpetual calendar mechanism in the gallery). The tear drop lugs are individually forged and then soldered by hand to the case.
The level of finissage on the Urban Jürgensen reference 3 timepieces is at the very highest standards of watchmaking.
This timepiece is certainly a connoisseur’s choice and a great addition to every high-class watch collection.
I welcome and will respond to your request on my address: info@watchcollector.lu
ChB
Movement:
Base Automatic caliber FP71, 18 000 vph
In-house modified by Derek Pratt
Perpetual calendar mechanism
Power reserve indication mechanism
Guilloché-main 21kt gold rotor
40 jewels, 2.4mm high
Case:
Platinum
38mm diameter
Each single lug forged and welded to the case
Solid caseback
Dial:
Guilloché-main by Derek Pratt N°098
Silver
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