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Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 26

Chayaleuk Thansakul Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 966350, case No. 662997, Ref. 1526, 2nd series, especially made for a Thai gentleman. Production of this reference started in 1941. 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.

CHF 160,000 - 220,000

EUR 100,000 - 139,000 / USD 125,000 - 172,000

Sold: CHF 163,000

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, 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, isochro-nism and 5 positions, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm.


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Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3

Good
Dial: 3 - 5 - 01

Notes

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 This 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 are 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, as the present watch, much rarer.