Lot Essay
The reference 6301A-010 is a unique version in steel of the Grande and Petite Sonnerie, Minute Repeater. It features a Rare Handcrafts dial with hand-guilloched swirling pattern visible beneath a Grand Feu blue green enamel, set with 12 baguette-cut diamond hour markers.
The reference 6301A-010 is a unique version in steel of the Grande and Petite Sonnerie, Minute Repeater donated by Patek Philippe to Only Watch for its fundraising auction in favor of research on Muscular Dystrophies and genetic diseases.
It features a Rare Handcrafts dial with hand-guilloched swirling pattern visible beneath a Grand Feu blue green enamel (flinqué enamel technique). The dial is also set with 12 baguette-cut diamond hour markers (0.45 ct) and features a transfer-printed “only one” inscription.
The sapphire crystal case back bears the metallized inscription “Only Watch 2024”. This unique timepiece is fitted on a patinated blue green alligator leather strap with fold-over clasp.
Comprising 703 parts, the manually wound caliber GS 36-750 PS IRM features a Grande and Petite Sonnerie and a Minute Repeater chiming on three classic gongs. Two patented innovations are linked to the striking mechanism and one to the jumping small seconds mechanism.
HISTORY OF THE BRAND
Patek Philippe has been pursuing traditional Genevan watchmaking artistry without interruption since 1839. The manufacture benefits from full creative freedom, which allows it to design, develop, and craft watches that connoisseurs consider to be the world's finest – as pledged by its founders Antoine Norbert de Patek and Adrien Philippe. In addition to exceptional skills, Patek Philippe also nurtures a tradition of innovation that has meanwhile been crowned by over one hundred patents.
The reference 6301A-010 is a unique version in steel of the Grande and Petite Sonnerie, Minute Repeater donated by Patek Philippe to Only Watch for its fundraising auction in favor of research on Muscular Dystrophies and genetic diseases.
It features a Rare Handcrafts dial with hand-guilloched swirling pattern visible beneath a Grand Feu blue green enamel (flinqué enamel technique). The dial is also set with 12 baguette-cut diamond hour markers (0.45 ct) and features a transfer-printed “only one” inscription.
The sapphire crystal case back bears the metallized inscription “Only Watch 2024”. This unique timepiece is fitted on a patinated blue green alligator leather strap with fold-over clasp.
Comprising 703 parts, the manually wound caliber GS 36-750 PS IRM features a Grande and Petite Sonnerie and a Minute Repeater chiming on three classic gongs. Two patented innovations are linked to the striking mechanism and one to the jumping small seconds mechanism.
HISTORY OF THE BRAND
Patek Philippe has been pursuing traditional Genevan watchmaking artistry without interruption since 1839. The manufacture benefits from full creative freedom, which allows it to design, develop, and craft watches that connoisseurs consider to be the world's finest – as pledged by its founders Antoine Norbert de Patek and Adrien Philippe. In addition to exceptional skills, Patek Philippe also nurtures a tradition of innovation that has meanwhile been crowned by over one hundred patents.