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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare platinum and diamond-set rectangular curved wristwatch with box
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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare platinum and diamond-set rectangular curved wristwatch with box

Signed Patek Philippe, Genève, ref. 425, movement no. 970'849, case no. 653'318, manufactured in 1948

Closed13 November 2017

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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare platinum and diamond-set rectangular curved wristwatch with box
Signed Patek Philippe, Genève, ref. 425, movement no. 970'849, case no. 653'318, manufactured in 1948
Movement: cal. 9'''90, manual, 18 jewels, signed
Dial: signed
Case: curved snap on back, 20 mm. wide, 35 mm length., signed
With: platinum Patek Philippe buckle, Extract from the Archives confirming manufacture of the present watch with platinum case and diamond hour markers in 1948 and its subsequent sale on 14th March 1949, presentation box

Specialist note

The present watch, never offered in public before, is a highly attractive example of the reference 425 in platinum with diamond-set dial confirmed by the Extract from the Archives.

Manufacture of reference 425 was launched in 1934 and remained in production until 1960 when it was replaced by the slightly larger reference 2461. Together with the legendary Calatrava reference 96 it was one of Patek Philippe's most popular wristwatches, its typical Art Deco architectural design serving as inspiration for the firm's other rectangular models of the time. It was fitted with the celebrated rectangular-shaped calibre 9-90, Patek Philippe’s finest non-circular movement of the period.