23,000 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie. , Genève, No. 762544, case No. 690699, Ref. 2551. Made in 1955. Fine and rare, water-resistant, self-winding, 18K pink gold gentleman’s wristwatch with 18K pink gold Patek Philippe bracelet with fancy links. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed down case back,fluted lugs, concave bezel. Off-white with applied goldbâton indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold“dauphine” hands. 12’’’-600 AT, stamped with the Sealof Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium plated, “fausses-côtes”decoration, 30 jewels, straight line lever escapement,Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism andfive positions, anti-shock system, self-compensatingBreguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator,18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Notes Ref. 2551. First launched by Patek Philippe in 1954, Ref. 2551 followed Ref. 2526, which was the first self-wind-ing wristwatch model ever made by the company. A similar watch is published in “Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches” by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2004, vol. II, p. 190.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-05-15
