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Patek Philippe. A fine and extremely rare stainless steel wristwatch with Breguet numerals, luminous accents and luminous hands
Lot 227 Property from an Important Private Swiss Collector

Patek Philippe. A fine and extremely rare stainless steel wristwatch with Breguet numerals, luminous accents and luminous hands

Signed Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, Ref. 565, movement no. 927'265, case no. 635'294, manufactured in 1945

Closed14 November 2016

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Patek Philippe. A fine and extremely rare stainless steel wristwatch with Breguet numerals, luminous accents and luminous hands
Signed Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, Ref. 565, movement no. 927'265, case no. 635'294, manufactured in 1945
MOVEMENT: manual, cal. 12'''-120, nickel-finished lever movement, 18 jewels, micrometer regulator, metal dust cap
DIAL: silvered dial, applied steel Breguet numerals with luminous accents, luminous hands, outer railway minute divisions, engine-turned subsidiary seconds
CASE: stainless steel, water-resistant type, screw-down back, 35 mm. diam.
SIGNED: case, dial, movement
BUCKLE: stainless steel Patek Philippe buckle
ACCOMPANIED BY: Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with silvered dial and raised steel Breguet numerals with luminous dots in 1945 and its subsequent sale on 10 January 1947.

Specialist note

This watch is an exceedingly rare example of a reference 565 in stainless steel, featuring a silvered dial with the much sought after Breguet numerals and luminous dots, all confirmed by the Extract from the Archives. According to our research, only nine other examples of this model in steel with such a dial have been offered in public to date. Fresh to the market, the overall appeal of the present watch is furthermore enhanced by its very good, original overall condition.
The present watch is illustrated in: Patek Philippe Steel Watches, John Goldberger, 2010, p. 184-185.
Reference 565, the first large water-resistant watch featuring a two-piece case with screw back and dust cover, was available with either subsidiary or sweep centre seconds. The timelessly modern design of reference 565 served as inspiration for the creation of the 2006 stainless steel inaugural reference 5565.