Live Auction 18894IMPORTANT WATCHES Including The Titanium Collection and an Important Private Asian Collection Part 3
PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE 18K PINK GOLD WRISTWATCH WITH "HOODED" LUGS AND PINK DIAL
Lot 2464 PATEK PHILIPPE
"HOODED" LUGS WITH PINK DIAL REF. 540

PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE 18K PINK GOLD WRISTWATCH WITH "HOODED" LUGS AND PINK DIAL

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CO., GENEVE, REF. 540, MOVEMENT NO. 920'545, CASE NO. 296'903, MANUFACTURED IN 1941

Closed13 July 2020

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HKD 125,000

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE 18K PINK GOLD WRISTWATCH WITH "HOODED" LUGS AND PINK DIAL
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CO., GENEVE, REF. 540, MOVEMENT NO. 920'545, CASE NO. 296'903, MANUFACTURED IN 1941
Movement: Cal. 12-120, stamped with the Geneva seal, manual, 18 jewels, signed
Dial: Silvered rose dial with raised laped gold indexes, signed
Case: Snap on back, 30 mm. diam., signed
With: 18k pink gold Patek Philippe buckle, Extract from the Archives confirming the production of the present watch with silvered rose dial and raised laped gold indexes in 1941 and its subsequent sale on 21 July 1941

Specialist note

The present specimen is an exceedingly rare example of the reference 540 "hooded" lugs. According to our researches, its believed that 60 pieces were produced from which about 40 in pink gold. Only 10 pink gold examples are known to have survived, out of 4 with a pink dial. The rarity of the timepiece is further enhanced by its very good overall condition.