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Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 553

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 923290, case No. 632177, Ref. 1526, 1st series. Made in the 1950s. Production of this reference started in 1941. Extremely fine and rare astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, small Arabic numerals on the dial, and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompinied by the Extract from the Archeives.

CHF 100,000 - 150,000

EUR 65,000 - 98,000

Sold: CHF 113,500

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 60-second scale and outer graduationfor 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, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring, micrometric regulator. Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.


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Case: 3 - 23
Movement: 3 - 6*
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

Ref. 15266This 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, are known 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 numbers are of two kinds:- the larger type, more common- the smaller type, much rarer.A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, p. 282.