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Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 368

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 964558, case No. 659425, Ref. 1526, 2nd series. Production of this reference started in 1941.Extremely fine and rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentle-man's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, small arabic numerals on the dial, with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

USD 80,000 - 100,000

Sold: USD 87,200

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold dot indexes and small Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds dial with inner scale and outer graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Feuille" yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 12'''-120 QP, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever esca-pement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronismand 5 positions, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.


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Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

Ref. 1526This 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.- Second series with concentric auxiliary dials for the seconds and the days of the month. One of these watches was sold by Antiquorum Geneva, in the Thematic Auction "The Art of Patek Philippe" on April 9, 1989,Lot 203.The dials for this reference, second series, areknown to date with three different designs:- the seconds division scale on the outside of the auxiliary date dial, quite rare- the seconds division on the inside of the auxiliary dial- the seconds division only on the bottom portion of the auxiliary dial, below the moon phase aperture.The applied gold upright Arabic numbersare of two kinds:- the larger type, more common- the smaller type, as in the presentLot, much rarer.A similar watch is published in "Patek Phi-lippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, p. 283.