2,093,500 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, 'Calatrava', No. 828665, case No. 296967, Ref. 1505. Made in 1938, sold onJune 21, 1941.Extremely fine and certainly unique, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with American type triple date'à guichets' with an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by Extract of Archives. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs. Notes This watch is published in 'Patek Philippe Genève, Wristwatches', by MARTIN HUBER and ALAN BANBERY, PatekPhilippe S.A., Geneva, 1998, p. 278, fig. 430.Patek Philippe wristwatch 'à guichets'As a result of our meticulous and lengthy research on this important wristwatch, it would appear that this model wasmade with American type calendar (indicating clockwise, first the day, then the month, and thirdly the date). The presentwatch has this type of calendar but with French months and days which would indicate that it was then sold to a personwho wanted the calendar in French. We can quite safely assume that this is an extremely rare model and probablyexecuted in one example only.What is particularly surprising in this watch is the design of the dial and the concept of the movement, both in terms oftechnique and iconography. It is in fact most unusual for Patek Philippe to produce watches with simple calendars,seeing the firm's predilection for more complicated watches. The few known examples with these characteristics, andcontemporary to the present watch, have however only two aper
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-11-19
