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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND VERY RARE STAINLESS STEEL WRISTWATCH WITH BREGUET NUMERALS
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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND VERY RARE STAINLESS STEEL WRISTWATCH WITH BREGUET NUMERALS

SIGNED, PATEK PHILIPPE & CO, GENEVE, REF. 565, MOVEMENT NO. 929'367, CASE NO. 639'902, MANUFACTURED IN 1946

Closed28 May 2018

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND VERY RARE STAINLESS STEEL WRISTWATCH WITH BREGUET NUMERALS
SIGNED, PATEK PHILIPPE & CO, GENEVE, REF. 565, MOVEMENT NO. 929'367, CASE NO. 639'902, MANUFACTURED IN 1946
Movement: Cal. 12-120, manual, 18 jewels, signed
Dial: Silvered dial, raised steel Breguet numerals, steel hands, signed
Case: Screw back, metal dust cap, 34.5 mm. diam., signed
With: Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming the date of manufacture of the present watch in 1946 with raised steel Breguet numerals and its subsequent sale on 5 February 1947, client copy of a service form dated 25 July 2014

Specialist note

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 first series was launched in 1938 with calibre 12-120, the second with calibre 12-400, such as the present watch, in 1950. The centre seconds version featuring a calibre 12 SCi movement started in 1939, replaced by the new calibre 27 SC as of 1949.

The present watch is a rare example of a reference 565 in stainless steel, featuring a silvered dial with the much sought after Breguet numerals confirmed by the Extract from the Archives. It is fitted with calibre 12-120 with subsidiary seconds which belongs to the first series of ref. 565.

The appeal of this rare ref. 565 is furthermore enhanced by its very good overall condition