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Lot Essay
Accompanied by Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated March 1973 and signed Gübelin, Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with enamel miniature "Les Dents du Midi" in 1969 and its subsequent sale on 18 May 1971. Furthermore delivered with an original Patek Philippe brochure.
The enamel of the present watch is signed by Mrs. Suzanne Rohr, one of the last artists able to perpetuate the supremely exacting art of miniature painting on enamel. Mrs. Rohr, who will celebrate 40 years of collaboration with Patek Philippe in 2007, reserves her talent for the company. In her hands, the secret alchemy of the coloured enamels offers a second life of unequalled depth and finesse to some of the world's greatest art treasures.
The enamel miniature on the present watch is a detail after Alexandre Calamé's work "La Dent du Midi et le fond du lac de Vevey", 1849, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire in Geneva.
Alexandre Calamé (1810-1864), probably one of the most influential and popular Swiss landscape painter of the 19th century, is renowned for his grand Alpine views. Painted with dramatic effects of light and atmosphere, these paintings were based on sharply observed details taken from close natural study and depict recognizable locations. Calamé visited France, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and England, making outdoor oil sketches from which he then created finished paintings in his studio. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1835, and his works appealed to the growing number of Alpine tourists and were also purchased by King Louis-Philippe and Napoleon.
Other examples of openface dress watches decorated with enamel miniatures signed Suzanne Rohr are illustrated in Patek Philippe by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, p. 168, and also on permanent exhibition at the prestigious Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva, section "Enamelled and engraved pocket watches (1960-2000)".
The enamel of the present watch is signed by Mrs. Suzanne Rohr, one of the last artists able to perpetuate the supremely exacting art of miniature painting on enamel. Mrs. Rohr, who will celebrate 40 years of collaboration with Patek Philippe in 2007, reserves her talent for the company. In her hands, the secret alchemy of the coloured enamels offers a second life of unequalled depth and finesse to some of the world's greatest art treasures.
The enamel miniature on the present watch is a detail after Alexandre Calamé's work "La Dent du Midi et le fond du lac de Vevey", 1849, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire in Geneva.
Alexandre Calamé (1810-1864), probably one of the most influential and popular Swiss landscape painter of the 19th century, is renowned for his grand Alpine views. Painted with dramatic effects of light and atmosphere, these paintings were based on sharply observed details taken from close natural study and depict recognizable locations. Calamé visited France, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and England, making outdoor oil sketches from which he then created finished paintings in his studio. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1835, and his works appealed to the growing number of Alpine tourists and were also purchased by King Louis-Philippe and Napoleon.
Other examples of openface dress watches decorated with enamel miniatures signed Suzanne Rohr are illustrated in Patek Philippe by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, p. 168, and also on permanent exhibition at the prestigious Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva, section "Enamelled and engraved pocket watches (1960-2000)".