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PATEK PHILIPPE

Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K pink and white gold oversized curved rectangular wristwatch

Signed Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, no. 821’675, case no. 608’532, manufactured in 1929

Details

Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K pink and white gold oversized curved rectangular wristwatch
Signed Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, no. 821’675, case no. 608’532, manufactured in 1929
Movement: cal. 9’’’, manual, 15 jewels, signed
Dial: signed
Case: blue enamel monogram of a crown within a letter C to the pink gold curved hinged back, signed, 26 mm. wide, 42 mm. long.
With: 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle, Extract from the Archives confirming production of this watch in 1929 and its subsequent sale on July 11th, 1930.

Special notice

Many of the watches offered for sale in this catalogue are pictured with straps made of endangered or protected animal materials such as alligator or crocodile. These endangered species straps are shown for display purposes only and are not for sale. Christie’s will remove and retain the strap prior to shipment from the sale site. At some sale sites, Christie’s may, at its discretion, make the displayed endangered species strap available to the buyer of the lot free of charge if collected in person from the sale site within 1 year of the date of the sale. Please check with the department for details on a particular lot.

Lot Essay

Part of the same private collection for almost fifteen years, the present watch is very attractive and its relatively large size makes it a very wearable vintage piece. Examples of large two-colour gold hinged wristwatches by Patek Philippe are extremely rare.

A similar example is illustrated in: Patek Philippe Wristwatches, Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 2nd edition, p. 117.
Other examples of two-colour gold wristwatches from the same period are illustrated in: Patek Philippe Watches – Vol. II, Patek Philippe Museum, 2013, pp. 181-182.

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