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Lot 3033
PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD RECTANGULAR WRISTWATCH
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 2442, MOVEMENT NO. 972'512, CASE NO. 659'861, MANUFACTURED IN 1950
Closed29 May 2013
Price Realised
HKD 275,000
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Specialist note
US$25,000-38,000
With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1950 and its subsequent sale on 7 November 1950.
The present watch is a fine example of this elegant reference.
Reference 2442, introduced in 1948, still impresses over 60 years after its introduction as much as it must have been a sensation when first presented. Its generous case proportions and fluid lines lend it a seductive presence hardly ever achieved by any other rectangular wristwatch.
Reference 2442 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 136, pl. 193.
With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1950 and its subsequent sale on 7 November 1950.
The present watch is a fine example of this elegant reference.
Reference 2442, introduced in 1948, still impresses over 60 years after its introduction as much as it must have been a sensation when first presented. Its generous case proportions and fluid lines lend it a seductive presence hardly ever achieved by any other rectangular wristwatch.
Reference 2442 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 136, pl. 193.