Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Feb 26, 2012

LOT 260

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 2557 PINK GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 745707, case No. 694242, Ref. 2557. Made in 1957. Fine and rare, thin, 18K pink gold wristwatch with an 18K pink gold buckle. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, solid, polished, straight lugs, inverted bezel, snap-on case back. D. Satiné silver with applied pink gold baton indexes and Arabic 12, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold baton hands. M. Cal. 10'''-200, rhodium-plated, stamped twice with the Geneva Quality Seal, fausses cotes decoration, straightline lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, ?swan neck? regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 8 mm. Property of a Japanese Watchmaker