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Lot 2342
PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE 18K GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES
REF. 1526, MANUFACTURED IN 1948
Closed22 May 2021
Price Realised
HKD 500,000
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Reference 1526
In production from 1940 to 1952, this masterpiece combines a Calatrava-style case and a minimalist dial audaciously ahead of its time. In fact, a similar style of dial layout - with a subsidiary dial at 6 o'clock and openings for day of the week and month at 12 - can be found in Patek Philippe perpetual calendar watches over the following three decades, most notably references 2497, 2438/1, 3448 and 3450.
Apart from a unique piece in steel, this reference was available predominantly in yellow gold (165 pieces) and a fraction in pink gold (45 pieces).
Reference 1526 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, first edition, p. 215, and in Patek Philippe Museum - Patek Philippe Watches Volume II, pp. 288-289.
In production from 1940 to 1952, this masterpiece combines a Calatrava-style case and a minimalist dial audaciously ahead of its time. In fact, a similar style of dial layout - with a subsidiary dial at 6 o'clock and openings for day of the week and month at 12 - can be found in Patek Philippe perpetual calendar watches over the following three decades, most notably references 2497, 2438/1, 3448 and 3450.
Apart from a unique piece in steel, this reference was available predominantly in yellow gold (165 pieces) and a fraction in pink gold (45 pieces).
Reference 1526 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, first edition, p. 215, and in Patek Philippe Museum - Patek Philippe Watches Volume II, pp. 288-289.