Patek Philippe Ref. 130 (steel chronograph)
- Maker
- Patek Philippe
- Year
- 1934-1950s
- Rank
- 29 of 100
Patek Philippe Ref. 130 (steel chronograph)
Patek Philippe Ref. 130 (steel chronograph) by Patek Philippe (1934-1950s) is ranked 29 in the FLOAT 100 for Watches. It sold for $392,031 on 7 November 2020. An early, elegant vintage Patek chronograph; steel sector-dial examples are prized cornerstone vintage chronos.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
An early, elegant vintage Patek chronograph; steel sector-dial examples are prized cornerstone vintage chronos.
Ref. 130 (two-button chronograph; steel sector-dial)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $392,031
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 7 November 2020
Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo, The Geneva Watch Auction: XII, Geneva, 7 November 2020, lot 146: Patek Philippe Ref. 130, stainless steel two-button chronograph, cal. 13-130, 33mm, dated 1937, with two-tone silvered sector dial — an exact match to the identifier (steel, sector dial, two-button). The lot page states 'Sold For CHF352,800' (price with buyer's premium; estimate was CHF 250,000-500,000). Converted at the sale-week ECB rate 1 CHF = 1.1112 USD (2020-11-06) = USD 392,031. Conversion is at the sale-date rate, not today's; at the 2026-08-06 rate of 1.235 the same CHF figure would be about USD 435,708.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08