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Patek Philippe Ref. 2499

Maker
Patek Philippe
Year
1950-1985
Rank
28 of 100

Patek Philippe Ref. 2499

Patek Philippe Ref. 2499 by Patek Philippe (1950-1985) is ranked 28 in the FLOAT 100 for Watches. It sold for $7,700,000. Successor to the 1518 and the most coveted vintage Patek perpetual-calendar chronograph; only ~349 made across four series.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

Successor to the 1518 and the most coveted vintage Patek perpetual-calendar chronograph; only ~349 made across four series.

Ref. 2499 (perpetual calendar chronograph)

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$7,700,000
Kind
Realized at auction

A unique pink-gold 2nd-series 2499 (Gobbi Milano signed) sold HK$60.265M / ~US$7.7M at Sotheby's Hong Kong — reference record. Ordinary 2499s trade in the high-six to low-seven figures.

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.
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2026-08-08