SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 802, MOVEMENT NO. 866’647, CASE NO. 2’700’495, MANUFACTURED IN 1963

This watch is part of a small series of gold coin watches, given reference numbers 800 to 809, using the US$5 (Ref. 800), US$10 (Ref. 801), US$20 (Ref. 802 & 803), CHF100 (Ref. 804), Pesos 50 (Ref. 805) and others. The earliest coin watches were made in the late 1920s and production of this novelty form of watch continued until the 1980s.

The presently offered coin watch was made with an authentic United States of America Twenty Dollar coin dated 1924. The coin was sliced and cut to perfectly accommodate a hinged inner case containing the dial and calibre 175 movement.