185,000 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genèv e, No. 761124, case No. 685700, Ref. 2526.Production of this reference started in1953. Accompanied by the Extract fromthe Archives.Extremely rare and fine water-resistant,self-winding, 18K pink gold gentleman'swristwatch. Accompanied by an 18Kpink gold Patek Philippe buckle. two-body solid, polished, screwed caseback. Notes Ref. 2526First launched by Patek Philippe in 1953,this is the first self-winding wristwatchmodel ever made by the compan y, with thecalibre 12'''-600 AT, bearing the serialnumber 760‘000.It would appear that Patek Philippeproduced the Ref. 2526 in 580 e xamples,mostly with enamel dial.– 20 examples in platinum.– 30 examples in white gold.– 50 examples in pink gold.– 480 examples in yellow gold.The Ref. 2526 is a most appealing wrist-watchand highly sought after by collector s.There have been four generations of thismodel which have evolved as follows:– 1st generation:domed screw back, synthetic beige enameldial with applied indexe s. The enamel isf l a red around the holes which hold theindexe s, the central hands and thesubsidiary seconds hand.– 2nd generation:domed screw back, synthetic beige enameldial with applied inde xes. The indexes areinlaid in the enamel surface; the enamel isflared around the holes which hold thecentral hands and the subsidiary secondshand. In this particular series, only veryfew examples were made with black dialand even fewer with Breguet numerals.– 3rd generation:identical to the 2nd genera
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-11-19
