1,519,000 HKD
Ref. 1415 HU, Yellow Gold "Oriental Hands" Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, "World Time" , No. 176118, case No. 618816, Ref. 1415 HU. Made in the 1940s. Very fine and very rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished, hand-engraved, revolving reeded bezel bearing the names of 30 places in the world, teardrop lugs. Silver, with champlevé radial Roman numerals, surrounded by a revolving dial in 24 hours for the nocturnal and diurnal hours. Yellow gold "oriental" hands. Notes This watch was recently serviced by Patek Philippe. Similar watches are published in “Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches” by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2005, vol I, p. 202-203, vol II, p. 91. "World Time System". This system was invented around 1935 by Louis Cottier (1894 -1966), a famous independent watchmaker inGeneva. This World Time system was used by Patek Philippe and also by other major names in the Swiss watch industry, such as Agassiz, Rolex and Vacheron Constantin. Patek Philippe created various series of “World Timers” from 1937 to the mid-1960s: "Ref. 515" , a rectangular “galbé” pink gold model made in 1937, with the names of 28 cities in the world on the dial, the time differences between them based on Greenwich Mean Time. It is the earliest known and only three examples are known today. One was sold by Antiquorum, in Geneva, on April 10, 1
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-11-25
