1,285,000 HKD
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 952967, case No. 662257, Ref. 1526, 2nd series. Produced in 210 examples from 1941 to 1952.Very fine and rare astronomic 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, small Arabic numerals and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs. matte silver with applied pink gold dot indexes and small Arabic numerals, auxiliary graduation for the days of the month, concentric, the second scale, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Feuille" pink gold hands. Notes A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches",byMartin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, p. 282.Ref. 1526This 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. - First series with indirect center-seconds produced in a very few examples. - Second series with concentric auxiliary dials for the seconds and the days of the month.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, quite rare. - the complete seconds division on the inside of the auxiliary dial - the seconds division only on the bottom portion of the auxiliary dial, below the moon phase aperture.The applied g
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-06-08