Geneva, May 07, 2022
LOT 198
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 600 KING SAUD PINK GOLD
CHF 30,000 - 50,000
EUR 29,700 - 49,500 / USD 32,200 - 54,000 / HKD 254,000 - 422,000
Sold: CHF 37,500
Very fine 18K pink gold and ruby keyless presentation pocket watch with a painted portrait on enamel dial.
Specially ordered by Patek Philippe's Saudi Arabian Retailer in 1953 in honor of King Abdul al-Aziz III Ibn Saud (1880- 1953), founder of Saudi Arabia.
Specially ordered by Patek Philippe's Saudi Arabian Retailer in 1953 in honor of King Abdul al-Aziz III Ibn Saud (1880- 1953), founder of Saudi Arabia.
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Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand Patek Philippe, Switzerland
Model King Abdul-al-Aziz III
Reference 600/1
Year 1953
Movement No. 931423
Case No. 694706
Material 18K pink gold
Diameter 44 mm.
Caliber 17-170, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator.
Signature Case and movement
Notes
A series of 200 pocket watches, Ref. 600/1, and 150 wristwatches, Ref. 2481, all with ivory-colored enamel dial bearing the portrait of the King and ruby indexes, were made for King Abdul al-Aziz III Ibn Saud in 1953. In 1975, another series of wristwatches, Ref. 3688/901, were made by Patek Philippe with the effigy of King Abdul Aziz's son, King Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia.