$13,800
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 760224, case No. 678353, Ref. 2526. Produced circa 1954.Very fine and rare, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch. two-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, concave lugs. off-white enamel with applied yellow gold faceted bâton indexes, auxiliary seconds dial. "Dauphine" yellow gold hands. Cal. 12-600 AT stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 30 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator, 18K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm. Notes Similar watches are published in "Patek Philippe Genève, Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, pp. 213, 216, and 217. According to our records, only 7'100 cal. 12'''-600 movements were made from 1953 to circa 1959 and were mounted in the wristwatches bearing references 2526, 2540, 2551, 2552, 2583, 2584, 2585, 3403, 3415, and 3425. After 1959, Ref. 3415 and 3425 were equipped with cal. 27'''-460 as well.Cal. 27'''-460 became the movement which was used for all automaticristwatches and 27'''-460 Q for perpetual calendar watches. Later, reference 2526 was equipped with cal 27'''-460, the latest automatic movement by Patek Philippe at the time.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-05-08
