89,300 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 926665, case No. 637199, Ref. 1526, 2nd series. Production of this reference started in 1941. Very fine and rare astronomic 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, and small Arabic numerals on the dial, with an 18K yellow gold buckle. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs, back restored. matte silver with applied yellow gold dot indexes and small Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds dial with inner scale and outer graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Feuille" yellow gold hands. Notes Ref. 1526 This watch was produced with the caliber 12'''-120 QP, the majority of examples in yellow gold, more rarely in pink gold, and only one example in stainless steel is known to date. Production began in 1941 and lasted approximately 10 years; 210 examples were made. - First series with indirect center-seconds produced in very few examples; only one is known today. - Second series with concentric auxiliary dials for the seconds and the days of the month. One of these watches was sold by Antiquorum Geneva, in the thematic auction "The Art of Patek Philippe" on April 9, 1989, lot 203. The dials for this reference, second series, are known to date with three different designs : - the seconds division scale on the outside of the auxiliary date dial, are quite rare - the seconds division on the inside of the auxiliar
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-14
