Patek Philippe. A fine and rare stainless steel openface keyless lever chronograph watch

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CO., GENEVE, NO. 862448, REF. 687, CIRCA 1940

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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare stainless steel openface keyless lever chronograph watch
Signed Patek Philippe & Co., Geneve, No. 862448, Ref. 687, circa 1940
With gilt-finished lever movement, 23 jewels, the silvered dial with applied Arabic and baton numerals, steel feuille hands, blued steel chronograph hand, outer tachometer scale, two subsidiary dials indicating 30 minute register and constant seconds, the plain circular case with snap on back (No. 621452), two olive-shaped chronograph buttons in the band, accompanied by Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives, case, dial and movement signed
45 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

Patek Philippe confirm production of this watch in 1940 and its subsequent sale on January 13th, 1949.

The most distinguishing feature of this rare pocket watch is the unusual dial. It is one of very few examples produced by Patek Philippe with Arabic numerals for the odd hours (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11) and baton indexes for the even hours. The vertical registers further enhance this dial.

Other examples of openface chronograph watches with vertical registers are illustrated in Patek Philippe Pocket Watches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, p. 188.

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