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PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE AND ELEGANT 18K WHITE AND YELLOW WRISTWATCH WITH BLUE DIAL, BRONZE POWDER AND CHALCOPPYRITE BUTTERFLY WING MOTIF DECORATED BRACELET AND ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE
Lot 172 PATEK PHILIPPE
Ref. 4119/1 Butterfly Wing

PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE AND ELEGANT 18K WHITE AND YELLOW WRISTWATCH WITH BLUE DIAL, BRONZE POWDER AND CHALCOPPYRITE BUTTERFLY WING MOTIF DECORATED BRACELET AND ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENÈVE, ELLIPSE LADY MODEL, REF. 4119/1, MOVEMENT NO. 1’246’363, CASE NO. 2’694’304, MANUFACTURED IN 1972

Closed11 November 2019

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE AND ELEGANT 18K WHITE AND YELLOW WRISTWATCH WITH BLUE DIAL, BRONZE POWDER AND CHALCOPPYRITE BUTTERFLY WING MOTIF DECORATED BRACELET AND ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENÈVE, ELLIPSE LADY MODEL, REF. 4119/1, MOVEMENT NO. 1’246’363, CASE NO. 2’694’304, MANUFACTURED IN 1972
Movement: cal. 13.5, manual, 20 jewels, signed
Dial: signed
Case: snap on back, 22.5 mm. wide, 18 mm. overall length, signed
With: 18K gold Patek Philippe integrated bracelet, overall length of approx. 175 mm., Certificate of Origin stamped by Swiss retailer Stäuble Chronometrie, Zermatt, dated March 1973, Extract from the Archives confirming the manufacture of the present watch with cobalt blue dial, 9 enframed white gold plates with bronze powder and chalcopyrite in 1972 and its subsequent sale on 14 March 1973

Specialist note

The white and yellow gold reference 4119 was launched in 1971, the bracelet links and case of same shape and with similarly textured bezel. The links contain white gold plates set with fragments of chalcopyrite and surrounded by bronze powder, resembling butterfly wing motifs. Due to the difficulties of producing these plates the model was made in a very limited series only.

Consigned by a private collector and in very well preserved overall condition the present ref. 4119 is furthermore believed to be the only second example of this rare timepiece to appear in public to date.

Chalcopyrite
Chalcopyrite is a mineral also known as Peacock Ore because of its iridescent green, blue, pink, purple, and gold colours resembling the feathers of a peacock. The colours originate from the oxidation of copper and iron in the crystal.