301,700 CHF
Ref. 605, "World Time - Cloisonné World Planisphere Dial" Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, No. 930837, case No. 654936, Ref. 605 HU (Heures Universelles). Made in 1948, sold on May 26, 1956. Very fine and extremely rare, 18K yellow gold, keyless, "World Time" dress watch, the polychrome cloisonné enamel dial representing a planisphere map of the world. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, "variée", polished with satiné back and milled revolving bezel. Cloisonné enamel with the planisphere map of the world and applied yellow gold Roman indexes, outer Arabic dark and light revolving chapter ring for day and night hours and the world time chapter ring, bearing the name of 41 locations around the world and revolving with the bezel according to the Louis Cottier world time patent. Yellow gold hands. Notes Ref. 605 HU was produced between the 1940s and 1960s, and is a series of dress watches bearing the names of approximately 30 to 41 cities in the world on their revolving bezel. Some examples have a matte silvered dial or black dial; others have a cloisonné enamel dial. They were made as follows: - in pink gold, with silvered guilloché dial - in pink gold, with translucent enamel dial - in pink gold, with cloisonné enamel dial representing various continents - in yellow gold, with silvered guilloché dial - in yellow gold, with translucent enamel dial - in yellow gold, with cloisonné enamel dial representing various continents . One example is k
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-10-14
