Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication 1932
Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication 1932;
diameter is 74mm; thickness of case with glass 36mm; and weight of case 536g
Made by: Patek Philippe
Sold for: USD 24 million
Auction house: Sotheby's, Geneva
Sale date: November 2014
Seller: Private collection
Buyer: Anonymous bidder
From Sotheby's:
A gold, double dialled and double open-faced, minute repeating clockwatch with Westminster chimes, grande and petite sonnerie, split seconds chronograph, registers for 60-minutes and 12-hours, perpetual calendar accurate to the year 2100, moon-phases, equation of time, dual power reserve for striking and going trains, mean and sidereal time, central alarm, indications for times of sunrise/sunset and a celestial chart for the night time sky of New York City at 40 degrees 41.0 minutes North latitude
Accompanied by the original fitted tulipwood box inlaid with ebony and centered by a mother-of-pearl panel engraved with the arms of Henry Graves, Jr. Also accompanied by the Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin and an Extract from the Archives of Patek Philippe.