PATEK PHILIPPE. A HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND EXCEEDINGLY EARLY 18K GOLD WORLD TIME WRISTWATCH, ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN WORLD TIME REFERENCE 96
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| Event location | Switzerland, Geneva |
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ID 1058671
Lot 2069 | PATEK PHILIPPE. A HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND EXCEEDINGLY EARLY 18K GOLD WORLD TIME WRISTWATCH, ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN WORLD TIME REFERENCE 96
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CHF 250 000 – 450 000
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE, GENEVE, REF. 96J HU, MOVEMENT NO. 176’230, CASE NO. 294’861, COMPLETED IN 1937
Movement: Manual
Dial: Silvered with the names of 29 cities in French
Case: 30.3 mm. diam.
With: 18k gold Patek Philippe buckle, Extract from the Archives confirming the 12’’’ movement with gold wheels made in 1913, completed and encased in 1937 and its subsequent sale on 24 September 1937
Remark: One of two known examples of world-time ref. 96
Provenance
1937 – Whereabouts unknown until sold, Sotheby’s New York, 6 December 2011, lot 386.
2011 - The Private Collection of Jean-Claude Biver.
2020 – Sold Phillips Geneva, 27-28 June 2020, lot 64.
| Manufactur: | Patek Philippe |
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| Applied technique: | World time |
| Medium: | Gold |
| Art style: | Pre War, Vintage |
| Auction house category: | Men's wristwatches |
| Manufactur: | Patek Philippe |
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| Applied technique: | World time |
| Medium: | Gold |
| Art style: | Pre War, Vintage |
| Auction house category: | Men's wristwatches |
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