Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 23, 2011

LOT 334

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 2526 ?BLACK DIAL FIRST GENERATION? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 762329, Case No. 689066. Sold on July 6th, 1956. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a 2010 Patek Philippe service receipt and Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down case back, concave lugs. D. Black with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 12-600 AT, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 30 jewels, straightline lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, 18K yellow gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 11 mm.