Live Auction 1401Important Watches including Property from an Important European Collection
Patek Philippe. An unusual 18K pink gold wristwatch with hooded lugs
Lot 94

Patek Philippe. An unusual 18K pink gold wristwatch with hooded lugs

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CO., GENÈVE, REF. 572, MOVEMENT NO. 828'520, CASE NO. 617'866, MANUFACTURED IN 1938

Closed12 May 2014

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Patek Philippe. An unusual 18K pink gold wristwatch with hooded lugs
Signed Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, ref. 572, movement no. 828'520, case no. 617'866, manufactured in 1938
Cal. 12-120 mechanical jewelled movement, silvered matte dial with applied pink gold baton numerals, gold hands, circular case with enlarged stepped flat bezel, snap-on back, unusual trapezoidal curved t-bar hooded hinged lugs, 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle, case, dial and movement signed
30 mm. diam.

Specialist note

With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with silvered satiné-finished dial, rose gold hour markers, gold hands in 1938 and its subsequent sale on 11 October 1938.

Manufacture of reference 572 was launched in 1938. A similar watch is illustrated in Ore d'Oro 2 by Jader Barracca, Giampiero Negretti, Franco Nencini, p. 44, pl. 17.