Patek Philippe. A very fine, rare and unusual 18K pink gold square wristwatch with two-tone silvered dial

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CO., GENÈVE, REF. 1519, MOVEMENT NO. 911'506, CASE NO. 632'691, MANUFACTURED IN 1943

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Patek Philippe. A very fine, rare and unusual 18K pink gold square wristwatch with two-tone silvered dial
Signed Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, ref. 1519, movement no. 911'506, case no. 632'691, manufactured in 1943
Cal. 10'''110 circular nickel-finished lever movement stamped twice with the Geneve seal, 18 jewels, the two-tone silvered dial with hard enamel baton and Arabic and applied gold dot numerals, subsidiary seconds, in square case with concave ends, curved crystal, snap on back, case, dial and movement signed
25 mm. wide

Lot Essay

Accompanied by Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with pink dial in 1943 and its subsequent sale on 30 May 1944.

To the best of our knowledge, only two examples of reference 1519 are known publicly to date, the present watch being the only one cased in pink gold.

Production of reference 1519 was launched in 1941. An archival image showing the case design of this model is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 160, pl. 244.

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