251,000 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 863473, case No. 636428, Ref. 1518, sold to King Farouk.Very fine and important astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square buttonchronograph, register and tachometer, perpetual calendar and moon phases. Accompanied by an 18Kyellow gold Patek Philippe articulated and linked bracelet. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives Notes Ref. 1518Produced in 281 examples from 1941 to 1954, in yellow gold, in pink gold, and only three examples known to date instainless steel.- First series with applied gold Arabic numerals from 1941 to 1954.- Second series presented at the Basel Fair in 1942 with enameled hour indexes, the 12 in applied gold Arabicnumerals.- Third series with applied gold indexes, the 12 in applied gold Arabic numerals.- Fourth series with applied gold 'Bâton' indexes.A similar watch is published in 'Patek Philippe Genève, Wristwatches', by MARTIN HUBER and ALAN BANBERY,1998, Patek Philippe S.A., p. 303.King Farouk I (1920-1965), King of EgyptBorn in Cairo in 1920, Farouk was the son and successor of King Fouad. Farouk was still under age, and accordinglya regency council was formed of Prince Mohammad Ali, Aziz Ezzat Pasha and Sherif Sabry Pasha to run the sceneuntil his constitutional powers were completely handed over to him in July 1937. His reign lasted 15 years but in July1952, under the pressure of the army's revolution led by Mohammad Nagib (1901-1984), King Farouk was forced toabdicate the th
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-11-19
