Live Auction 1417Rare Watches Including Nautilus 40 Part II
Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K gold rectangular curved wristwatch with Breguet numerals
Lot 48

Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K gold rectangular curved wristwatch with Breguet numerals

Signed Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, Ref. 1558, movement no. 835’530, case no. 629’260, manufactured in 1942

Closed14 November 2016

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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K gold rectangular curved wristwatch with Breguet numerals
Signed Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, Ref. 1558, movement no. 835’530, case no. 629’260, manufactured in 1942
MOVEMENT: manual, cal. 9’’’90, 18 jewels, stamped PXP
DIAL: silvered matte, applied gold Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds, outer minute railway divisions
CASE: 18K gold, rectangular, curved sides, snap on back engraved H.A.H Sept. 10, 1943, stepped lugs, 31.5 mm. length & 22.5 mm. width
SIGNED: case, dial and movement
BUCKLE: 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle
ACCOMPANIED BY: Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the watch with silvered dial and raised Breguet numerals in 1942 and its subsidiary sale on 16 June 1943

Specialist note

The present watch is believed to be the one of only two known references 1558 in yellow gold known to exist to date, however the only one with Breguet numerals confirmed by the Extract from the Archives. It has furthermore never been offered in public before.

The movement bears the export stamp "PXP", a mark used by Patek Philippe during the 1940s and 1950s to identify watches made for the American market.

Reference 1558
Reference 1558 was launched in 1942 and remained in production until around 1947. It was fitted with the tonneau-shaped calibre 9-90 and available in yellow and pink gold.