Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

LOT 70

Ref. 1526 ?Chayaleuk Thansakul? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 966350, case No. 662997, Ref. 1526, 2nd series, especially made for a Thai gentleman. Very fine and unique, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, small Arabic numerals, and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

HKD 600,000 - 900,000

USD 80,000 - 115,000 / EUR 65,000 - 100,000

Sold: HKD 811,500

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel and lugs. D. Matte silver with owner?s signature (Chayaleuk Thansakul), applied yellow gold dot indexes and small Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds with inner 60-second scale and outer graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold ?Feuille? hands. M. Cal. 12'''-120 QP, rhodium-plated, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Production of this reference started in 1941. This watch, made on special order, features the owner?s actual signature reproduced on the dial. This is the only known example of this type of order having been carried out by Patek Philippe. Ref. 1526 Produced in 210 examples from 1941 to 1952, with the Caliber 12???-120 QP, the majority in yellow gold, rarely in pink gold, with only one example known to date in stainless steel. - First series with indirect center-seconds, produced in very few examples. One of these watches was sold by Antiquorum Geneva in the thematic auction ?The Art of Patek Philippe?, April 9, 1989, lot 203. - Second series with concentric subsidiary dials for the seconds and the days of the month. The dials for the second series of this reference are known to date with 3 different designs: - the seconds division scale on the outside of the subsidiary date dial are quite rare - the seconds division on the inside of the subsidiary dial - the seconds division only on the bottom portion of the subsidiary dial, below the moon phase aperture. The applied gold upright Arabic numbers are of two kinds: - the larger type, more common - the smaller type, as the present watch, much rarer. A similar watch is published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, pp. 282-283. Property of a Swiss Gentleman