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PATEK PHILIPPE, REF. 803, A FINE AND RARE GOLD UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 20 DOLLARS COIN WATCH
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PATEK PHILIPPE, REF. 803, A FINE AND RARE GOLD UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 20 DOLLARS COIN WATCH

CASE NUMBER: 2’650’761, MOVEMENT NO: 866'639

Closed26 October 2022

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PATEK PHILIPPE, REF. 803, A FINE AND RARE GOLD UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 20 DOLLARS COIN WATCH
CASE NUMBER: 2’650’761, MOVEMENT NO: 866'639
CIRCA: 1963
CASE MATERIAL: 18k yellow gold, snap on back, all hinged within the 18K gold United States of America Twenty Dollars coin with Lady Liberty to the cover dated 1904, American bald eagle to the reverse with In God We Trust motto below, hinged cover opened by depressing a concealed thumbpiece in the band
DIAMETER: 34 mm.
DIAL: Gold tone, Breguet numerals
MOVEMENT: Cal. 99P, manual-winding
WITH: Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch set in US $20 gold coin in 1963 and its subsequent sale on March 8th 1966, Patek Philippe service tag and sticker

Specialist note

This is a good example of Patek Philippe’s small series of gold coin watches, given reference numbers 800 to 809, using US$5 (Ref. 800), US$10 (Ref. 801), US$20 (Ref. 802 & 803, the present example), CHF100 (Ref. 804), Pesos 50 (Ref. 805) and other coins. No other coin watches were made since by Patek Philippe. A coin watch bearing movement no. 861'011 is illustrated in Patek Philippe by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, p. 165.

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