36,800 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 761985,case No. 681520, Ref. 2526, circa 1955.Very fine and rare, water-resistant, self-winding,18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with leather strap and 18K yellow gold buckle. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed case back. white enamel with applied yellow gold indexes, auxiliary seconds dial. “Dauphine” yellow gold hands. Cal. 12’’’-600 AT, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, “fausses côtes” decoration,30 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator, 18K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm. Notes Poinçons de GenèveThe voluntary quality control of watches at the Geneva Observatory, was established by a law dated November 6, 1886. Conditions were laid down for the attribution and stamping of the Poinçons de Genève, punch-marks designed as the coat-of-arms of Geneva. Pocket watches, or wristwatches which carry the Poinçons de Genève, considered as an equivalent to a Bulletin Officiel de Marche, punched on a bridge and on the main plate of the movement, were qualified to be officially termed “chronometers”.Ref. 2526First launched by Patek Philippe in 1953, the first self-winding wristwatch model ever made by the company, with the calibre12’’’-600 AT, bearing the serial number 760‘000.It would appear that Patek Philippe produced the Ref. 2526in 580 examples, mostly with enamel
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-04-02
