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Geneva, Oct 14, 2007
LOT 190
?Yellow Gold Ref. 2526J for Trucchi" Patek Philippe, Genève, retailed by Trucchi, No. 761901, case No. 687869, Ref. 2526J. Made in 1955. Very fine and rare, early, water-resistant, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by an original Patek Philippe personalized ?Trucchi? box and a Patek Philippe overhaul receipt.
CHF 40,000 - 50,000
EUR 24,000 - 30,000 / USD 33,000 - 42,000
Sold: CHF 44,840
C. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down case back. D. Beige enamel with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes, outer dot minute markers, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 12'''-600 AT, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 11 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2 |
Very good |
Dial: 2-40-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Notes
Ref. 2526
Launched by Patek Philippe in 1953, this was the company?s first self-winding wristwatch, with caliber 12'''- 600 AT, and serial no. 760,000. It would appear that Patek Philippe produced the Ref. 2526 in 580 examples, most with an enamel dial. The latest automatic movement by Patek Philippe at the time, it later became the Ref. 3428: 20 examples in platinum, 30 examples in white gold, 50 examples in pink gold, 480 examples in yellow gold.
Ref. 2526 is highly sought-after by collectors. There have been four generations of this model, as follows:
- 1st generation: domed screw back, beige enamel dial with applied indexes. The enamel is flared around the holes which hold the indexes, the central hands and the subsidiary seconds hand.
- 2nd generation: domed screw back, beige enamel dial with applied indexes. The indexes are inlaid in the enamel surface; the enamel is flared around the holes which hold the central hands and the subsidiary seconds hand. In this particular series, only a very few examples were made with a black dial and even fewer ith Breguet numerals.
- 3rd generation: identical to the 2nd generation but with a practically flat screw back. Very few examples of this series were produced with a black dial, and only one with a black dial and Breguet numerals is known to date.
- 4th generation: practically flat screw back, beige enamel dial with applied indexes.
The indexes are luminescent and inlaid in the enamel surface; the enamel is flared around the holes which hold the central hands and the subsidiary seconds hand. The first wristwatch of this series, Ref. 2526, also the first Patek Philippe selfwinding wristwatch, is pictured in "Collecting Patek Philippe Watches", M. and O. Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2000, p. 127.