Known as “The Boeing”, the Patek Philippe watch Reference 130 is a rare gold wristwatch with a single button split-seconds chronograph, sold by Cartier in 1939 to commercial aviation pioneer Mr. William E. Boeing of Seattle, Washington. Never before offer

Known as “The Boeing”, the Patek Philippe watch Reference 130 is a rare gold wristwatch with a single button split-seconds chronograph, sold by Cartier in 1939 to commercial aviation pioneer Mr. William E. Boeing of Seattle, Washington. Never before offered at auction, it sold to a private American buyer for $494,000.