678,500 HKD
“Luminous Dial” Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, "World Time", No. 927656, case No. 644135, Ref. 1415 HU. Made in 1941, sold on January 5, 1942. Extremely rare and fine, 18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the "Extract from the Archives". Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, hand-engraved revolving reeded bezelbearing the names of 30 places in the world, teardrop lugs. Matte silver, with appliedyellow gold Roman numerals and luminous dot indexes, surrounded by a revolving dial in 24hours for the nocturnal and diurnal hours. Luminous yellow gold fancy hands. Notes Ref. 1415 HU (Heure Universelle) and Ref. 1415 HU DE (Decor Email) P P roduction of Ref. 1415 HU started in 1939 with the delivery of the first 6 movements by Louis Cottier. The following 6 movements were delivered in 1941, then 7 movements in 1942, and so on, until 1946. Between 1947 and 1951 Patek Philippe received 72 move-ments, then nothing until the last movement was delivered in 1954, bringing the total to circa 115 pieces. For ten years, dials were silvered, sometime s champagne or pink. In 1948 Ref. 1415 HU DE (Décor Email) appears in the catalogue as an option to the Ref. 1415 HU, with a different world map according to the retailer's location, usually depicting the Americas, Europe, Eurasia or sometimes the world. Three kinds of dial indexes have been used: - 1st series, enameled black indexes (usually indelible) and concentric Rom
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-02-20
