$131,500
"Pink World Time" Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 926076, case No. 638613, Ref. 1415. Made in 1944, sold on March 20, 1947. Extremely rare and fine, 18K pink gold gentleman’s "World Time" wristwatch with pink dial. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, revolving coin-edged bezel bearing the 43 global locations, teardrop lugs. Pink, with painted black baton indexes and applied pink gold Roman quarters, surrounded by a revolving 24-hour dial for the nocturnal and diurnal hours. Pink gold “fancy” hands. Notes "World Time System". This system was invented around 1935 by Louis Cottier (1894 - 1966), a famous independent watchmaker in Geneva. This World Time system was used by Patek Philippe and also by other major names in the Swiss watch industry, such as Agassiz, Rolex and Vacheron Constantin. Patek Philippe created various series of “World Timers” from 1937 to the mid-1960s: Ref. 515, a rectangular “galbé” pink gold model made in 1937, with the names of 28 cities in the world on the dial, the time differences between them based on Greenwich Mean Time. It is the earliest known and only three examples are known today. One was sold by Antiquorum, in Geneva, on April 10, 1994, lot 502, for SFr. 550,000 (US$ 388,560). Ref. 542 HU (Ø 28 mm.), started around 1937, bears the names of approximately 30 cities in the world on the revolving bezel. Only 4 examples are known to date, three of which were sold by Antiquorum: - Gene
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-12-07
