Lot 11

PATEK PHILIPPE

PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY FINE AND RARE 18K PINK GOLD WRISTWATCH WITH PINK DIAL AND SCROLL LUGS

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 1491, MOVEMENT NO. 939’070, CASE NO. 672’834, CIRCA 1953

Price realised CHF 12,500

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CHF 10,000 – CHF 15,000

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY FINE AND RARE 18K PINK GOLD WRISTWATCH WITH PINK DIAL AND SCROLL LUGS

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 1491, MOVEMENT NO. 939’070, CASE NO. 672’834, CIRCA 1953

Price realised CHF 12,500

Closed: 13 Nov 2017

Price realised CHF 12,500

Closed: 13 Nov 2017

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY FINE AND RARE 18K PINK GOLD WRISTWATCH WITH PINK DIAL AND SCROLL LUGS
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 1491, MOVEMENT NO. 939’070, CASE NO. 672’834, CIRCA 1953
Movement: cal. 12-120 PS, manual, signed
Dial: pink, signed
Case: snap on back, scroll lugs, 34 mm diam., signed
With: Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with laped gold indexes in 1952 and its subsequent sale on 4 May 1953.

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Lot Essay

Reference 1491, launched in 1940, is a perfect example of Patek Philippe's continuous search for new and avant-garde innovations, whether in the movement of their watches, or, as in this instance, in the design. The unusual lugs of this model are premonition of a new era of watchmaking design that will fully dawn from the sixties on with unusual case shapes, stepped bezels and fancy lugs. It is remarkable how Patek Philippe anticipated the trend by two decades.

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