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PATEK PHILIPPE. AN 18K GOLD RECTANGULAR CURVED WRISTWATCH
Lot 179

PATEK PHILIPPE. AN 18K GOLD RECTANGULAR CURVED WRISTWATCH

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENÈVE, REF. 1593, MOVEMENT NO. 973’240, CASE NO. 662’918, MANUFACTURED IN 1951

Closed11 November 2019

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PATEK PHILIPPE. AN 18K GOLD RECTANGULAR CURVED WRISTWATCH
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENÈVE, REF. 1593, MOVEMENT NO. 973’240, CASE NO. 662’918, MANUFACTURED IN 1951
Movement: cal. 9’’’90, manual, 18 jewels, signed
Dial: signed
Case: snap on back, 25.5 mm. wide, 42 mm. overall length, signed
With: 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle, Extract from the Archives confirming manufacture of the present watch in 18K yellow gold and dial with raised gold hour-markers in 1951 and its subsequent sale on 25 September 1951

Specialist note

This endangered species strap is shown for display purposes only and is not for sale. The watch will be supplied with a calf leather strap.

To the best of our knowledge, the present ref. 1593 has never been offered in public before.

Reference 1593
Reference 1593 was launched in 1944 and was available until around 1967.It is also known among collectors as the "hour glass" model due to its streamlined form with its concave and curved sides. Mostly produced in gold such as the present watch and with a few examples cased in platinum.

The model is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, pages 128, 129 & 141, and in Patek Philippe Museum - Patek Philippe - Volume II, p. 218.