Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 17, 2013

LOT 208

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 2526 Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 761278, case No. 687220, Ref. 2526. Made in 1954, sold on October 5th, 1955. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, self-winding, 18k yellow gold wristwatch and an 18k yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, screw down case back, concave lugs. D. White with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Yellow gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 12???-600 AT, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 30 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, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case, and movement signed. DiAM. 36 mm. THiCkNEss 12 mm.