Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 20, 2016

LOT 247

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 2526 ENAMEL DIAL FIRST GENERATION YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 760311, case No. 679813, Ref. 2526. Made in 1953, sold March 22nd, 1954. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with enamel dial and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe mesh bracelet. Accompanied by a Patek Philippe box and the Extract from the Archives.

Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded stepped bezel, screw down case back, concave lugs. Ivory-color enamel with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Yellow gold dauphine hands. Cal. 12```-600 AT, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 30 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, 18K gold rotor.