Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 23, 2012

LOT 406

PATEK PHILIPPE, REF. 1578, YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 706541, case No. 2600888, Ref. 1578. Made in 1957, sold on December 5th 1957. Very fine, large, center seconds, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold buckle. Accompanied by a repair box and extract from the archives.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, inclined bezel, lapidated lugs, snap-on case back. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes. Yellow gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 27SC, stamped with the Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 11 mm.