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CHF 819 000
Auction dateClassic
06.11.2023 10:00UTC +02:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Switzerland, Geneva
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Lot 2069 | PATEK PHILIPPE. A HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND EXCEEDINGLY EARLY 18K GOLD WORLD TIME WRISTWATCH, ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN WORLD TIME REFERENCE 96
PATEK PHILIPPE. A HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND EXCEEDINGLY EARLY 18K GOLD WORLD TIME WRISTWATCH, ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN WORLD TIME REFERENCE 96

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
Applied technique:World time
Medium:Gold
Art style:Pre War, Vintage
Auction house category:Men's wristwatches
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