Live Auction 16300Important Watches: Including Contemporary Wristwatches from an Important Swiss Collection
PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE, UNUSUAL AND ELEGANT 18K YELLOW GOLD, LAPIS LAZULI AND DIAMOND-SET WRISTWATCH IN THE FORM OF A FLOWER FACE WITH BRACELET AND EXTRACT FROM THE ARCHIEVE
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PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE, UNUSUAL AND ELEGANT 18K YELLOW GOLD, LAPIS LAZULI AND DIAMOND-SET WRISTWATCH IN THE FORM OF A FLOWER FACE WITH BRACELET AND EXTRACT FROM THE ARCHIEVE

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENÈVE, REF. 4322/1, MOVEMENT NO. 1’274’895, CASE NO.2’760’143, MANUFACTURED IN 1976

Closed23 March 2018

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE, UNUSUAL AND ELEGANT 18K YELLOW GOLD, LAPIS LAZULI AND DIAMOND-SET WRISTWATCH IN THE FORM OF A FLOWER FACE WITH BRACELET AND EXTRACT FROM THE ARCHIEVE
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENÈVE, REF. 4322/1, MOVEMENT NO. 1’274’895, CASE NO.2’760’143, MANUFACTURED IN 1976
Movement: Manual, Cal 16-250, signed
Dial: Lapis lazuli, signed.
Case: 18K Gold case, snap on back, 36 diamond-set bezel for a total of 1,91 carat, 10 lapis lazuli set stones around in the form of a flower face, dimensions 34.5mm wide, 36mm length, signed
With: 18K gold Patek Philippe attached mesh bracelet of approximately 155mm and buckle, Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production is on 1976

Specialist note

A marriage between jewellery and fine watchmaking, the present is fresh to the market and is only the second to appear to the public from the reference.

Ref 4322/1 “Ellipse Jewellery” was launched around 1976 and produced in extremely small quality for a very short period. This model was indeed a complex union of crafts with a hard stone lapis lazuli dial produced by Stern frere, a case was done by Ateliers Reunis (Geneva Master case maker mark number 28 in a key) and the mesh bracelet by Jean Pierre Ecoffey.

It charms by its unusual flower face form, a harmonious blend of intense blue lapis lazuli and glimmering diamond against the warm gold of the case, flower head rim and bracelet. The intact lapis lazuli dial is beautifully framed by the 26 diamonds on the bezel for 1,91 carat and ten petals of lapis lazuli.