193,250 CHF
“Conical Indexes” Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 927648, case No. 641821, Ref. 1526, 2nd series. Made in 1945, sold April 28, 1947. Produced in 210 examples from 1941 to 1952. Very fine and possibly unique astronomic 18K pink gold gentleman‚s wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, special conical indexes and small Arabic numerals and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Exctract from the Archives. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs. Brushed silver withapplied pink gold conical indexes and small Arabic numerals, outer minute track,subsidiary graduation for the days of the month, concentric, the seconds scale, aperturesfor the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Pink gold "Feuille" hands. Notes To our knowledge this is the only watch with Ref. 1526 with conical indexes. The fact that it is also in pink gold makes it even more desirable. A similar watch is published in “Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches” by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2004, vol. II, pp. 124 to 127. Ref. 1526 This watch was produced with the caliber 12'''-120 QP, the majority of examples in yellow gold, more rarely in pink gold, and only one example in stainless steel is known to date. First series: with indirect center-seconds produced in a very few examples. One of these watches was sold by Antiquorum Geneva, in the Thematic Auction "The Art of Patek Philippe" on April 9, 1989, lot 203. Second series: wi
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-05-15
