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Patek Philippe. A fine and unusual stainless steel and pink gold openface keyless lever watch with two-tone silvered roulette-style dial
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Patek Philippe. A fine and unusual stainless steel and pink gold openface keyless lever watch with two-tone silvered roulette-style dial

PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE, GENÈVE, REF. 617, MOVEMENT NO. 880'986, CASE NO. 505'515, MANUFACTURED IN 1940

Closed14 November 2011

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CHF 4,500

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Patek Philippe. A fine and unusual stainless steel and pink gold openface keyless lever watch with two-tone silvered roulette-style dial
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, ref. 617, movement no. 880'986, case no. 505'515, manufactured in 1940
Cal. 17''' nickel-finished lever movement stamped twice with the Geneva seal, 17 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, micrometer regulator, two-tone silvered roulette-style dial, applied pink gold baton and Arabic numerals, engine-turned subsidiary seconds, circular plain stainless steel case, pink gold rim to the bezel and snap on back, case, dial and movement signed
44 mm. diam.

Specialist note

With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with steel and 18K rose gold case, silvered dial and raised pink gold hour markers in 1940 and its subsequent sale on 15 July 1941.

Reference 617 was launched in the mid-1930s and remained in production until the early 1940s. It was available in yellow gold, in steel and in steel and gold.