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PATEK PHILIPPE. AN 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH DATE

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, MOVEMENT NO. 1122899, CASE NO. 317525, REF. NO. 3514, MANUFACTURED IN 1965

Closed10 June 2009

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PATEK PHILIPPE. AN 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH DATE
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, MOVEMENT NO. 1122899, CASE NO. 317525, REF. NO. 3514, MANUFACTURED IN 1965
Cal. 27-460M nickel-finished lever movement, 37 jewels, free sprung gyromax balance, 18k gold rotor, black dial, applied baton numerals, date aperture, subsidiary seconds, circular water-resistant-type case, screw back, case, dial and movement signed, 18k gold Patek Philippe buckle
34mm diam.

Specialist note

With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1965 and its subsequent sale on June 28th of the same year. The extract does not confirm the present black dial however the dial could possibly have been replaced by Patek Philippe at the request of the original owner after the original sale.
To the best of our knowledge the present watch has never before been offered in public.

A similar model is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by O. Patrizzi, Volume 2, p. 232, pl. 959.