Ebel - Phillips Watches Online Auction: The Geneva Sessions Spring 2024 Geneva Tuesday, March 5, 2024 | Phillips

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  • Manufacturer: Ebel
    Year: Circa 1985
    Reference No: 8136901
    Case No: 206
    Material: 18K yellow gold
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 136
    Bracelet/Strap: 18K yellow gold Ebel bracelet, max length 200mm
    Clasp/Buckle: 18K yellow gold Ebel deployant clasp
    Dimensions: 40mm Diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed

  • Catalogue Essay

    - In 1985 Ebel launched its first automatic perpetual calendar chronograph using a Zenith El Primero base movement, making it most probably the first self-winding, high-beat perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch

    - The present Ebel Perpetual Calendar Chronograph features an 18K yellow gold case with a uniform off-white dial and applied gilt Roman numeral hour markers. It is paired with something rare – a correct Ebel-signed link bracelet in matching solid 18K yellow gold.

    - Ebel’s link bracelets, as seen here, are some of the most complex in Swiss watchmaking history. They were also incredibly expensive, often costing more than the precious metal watch itself. That is why it is far more common to see these watches paired with integrated leather straps rather than the bracelet.

    - According to our research, this is only the fifth example of an 18K yellow gold Ebel Perpetual Calendar Chronograph with the matching link bracelet to appear at an international auction house.

    - The present Ebel Perpetual Calendar Chronograph also has a “short” three-digit serial number of “206” and a hexagonal-shaped crown, two indicators of an earlier production date, likely in the mid or late 1980s.

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Lot offered with No Reserve

Ref. 8136901
A lovely and heavy yellow gold perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with bracelet

Circa 1985
40mm Diameter
Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed

Estimate
CHF10,000 - 20,000 
€10,500-21,100
$11,300-22,700

Sold for CHF19,050

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Phillips Watches Online Auction: The Geneva Sessions Spring 2024

5 - 12 March 2024