684,400 HKD
Ref. 1526, Yellow Gold “Diamond Dial with Luminous Hands” Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 962250, case No. 653847, Ref. 1526, second series. Made in 1948, sold on october 15, 1948. Very fine and very rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, diamond-set indexes, with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel. Matte silver with applied round diamond indexes, subsidiary seconds dial, outer concentric graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Luminous yellow gold “dauphine” hands. Notes At the customer’s request, the indexes were replaced with diamonds and the “feuille” hands replaced with luminous “dauphine” hands. Ref. 1526 Produced in 210 examples from 1941 to 1952, with the Caliber 12'''-120 QP, the majority in yellow gold, rarely in pink gold, with only one example known to date in stainless steel. - First series with indirect center-seconds produced in very few examples. One of these watches was sold by Antiquorum Geneva in the thematic auction “The Art of Patek Philippe”, April 9, 1989, lot 203. - Second series with concentric subsidiary dials for the seconds and the days of the month. The dials for the second series of this reference are known to date with 3 different designs: - the seconds division scale on the outside of the subsidiary date dial are quite
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-02
