Live Auction 1235Important Watches - The Dubai Sale
PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE 18K GOLD RECTANGULAR WRISTWATCH WITH HOODED LUGS
Lot 87

PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE 18K GOLD RECTANGULAR WRISTWATCH WITH HOODED LUGS

Closed20 March 2014

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE 18K GOLD RECTANGULAR WRISTWATCH WITH HOODED LUGS
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CO., GENEVE, REF. 1450, MOVEMENT NO. 837046, CASE NO. 635888, MANUFACTURED IN 1944
Cal. 990 mechanical lever movement, 18 jewels, silvered dial, applied gold baton and dot numerals, subsidiary seconds, rectangular case, stepped hooded lugs, engraved snap on back, stainless steel Patek Philippe buckle, case, dial and movement signed
20.5 mm. wide

Specialist note

With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confrming production of the present watch with silvered dial and applied gold hour markers in 1944 and its subsequent sale on 23 August 1945. Furthermore delivered with a fitted pouch.

Reference 1450, also known as "Top Hat", was in production from 1940 until the 1960s. The model is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alain Banbery, 2nd edition p. 137, pl. 196.