$12,500
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 2503 TOPOLINO PINK GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 975253, case No. 674906, Ref. 2503. Made in 1953, sold August 24th, 1953. Very fine and rare, rectangular, 18K pink gold wristwatch with an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, overhanging large teardrop-shaped lugs, domed crystal. Matte silver with applied pink gold Arabic numerals and dart indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold feuille hands. Cal. 9’’’-90, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, tonneau shaped, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, spring-loaded micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. DIM. 26 x 41 mm. THICKNESS 10 mm Notes Reference 2503 is featured in “Patek Philippe Wristwatches”, by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, page 139. Examples in pink gold rarely appear at auction.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-04-10
