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PATEK PHILIPPE & CO. GENEVE NO. 729419, REF. 2597 MANUFACTURED IN 1960 AN ATTRACTIVE GOLD WRISTWA...

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PATEK PHILIPPE & CO. GENEVE NO. 729419, REF. 2597 MANUFACTURED IN 1960 AN ATTRACTIVE GOLD WRISTWA...
PATEK PHILIPPE & CO.
GENEVE
NO. 729419, REF. 2597 MANUFACTURED IN 1960
AN ATTRACTIVE GOLD WRISTWATCH WITH INDEPENDENTLY ADJUSTABLE HOUR HAND
18K, NICKEL LEVER MOVEMENT, MONOMETALLIC
COMPENSATION BALANCE,
18 JEWELS, ADJUSTED TO
HEAT, COLD, ISOCHRONISM AND FIVE POSITIONS, MOVEMENT STAMPED WITH SEAL OF GENEVA, SILVERED DIAL, APPLIED
BATON NUMERALS, CIRCULAR
CASE WITH TWO BUTTONS
TO MOVE the hour hand
forward or backward, with
patek philippe gold buckle
SIGNED ON MOVEMENT,
CASE AND DIAL, NUMBERED
ON MOVEMENT AND CASE DIAMETER 36 MM
CHF 90,000-120,000
$ 60,000-80,000
THIS WATCH IS ACCOMPANIED
BY AN EXTRACT FROM
THE ARCHIVES CONFIRMING
ITS MANUFACTURE AND SUBSEQUENT SALE IN 1961.
IN THE LATE FIFTIES, AT
A TIME WHEN TRAVEL WAS CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED THROUGH AVIATION PROGRESS, PATEK PHILIPPE DEVISED
A MECHANISM TO ALLOW
THE WEARER TO EFFICIENTLY ADJUST THE HOUR-HAND FORWARD OR BACKWARD WITHOUT AFFECTING
THE MINUTE HAND.
THIS CONSTRUCTION WAS PATENTED IN SWITZERLAND
ON JULY 31, 1959.
THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE
HAS REMAINED IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION, IN RESPECT
TO ALL ELEMENTS, MOVEMENT, CASE AND DIAL.