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A large stainless steel and 18k pink gold openface keyless lever watch, ref. 738. Three body circular case with snap on back and large circular 18k pink gold bow, black lacquered dial with pink gold batôn numerals, outer minutes track, pink gold dauphine hands and subsidiary seconds, diam. 55 mm. The watch was manufactured in 1942 and sold on May 6th, 1943 to Eberhard Milan, Italy.
The three last digits of the case number, 026, are engraved by hand on the inside of the 18k pink gold bezel. Circular stainless steel back stamped with Patek,Philippe & Co Geneve Swiss, stainless steel marks and serial number 508026.
Nickel finished circular lever movement stamped twice with the Geneva seal, cotes de Genève decoration, self-compensating Breguet overcoil hairspring, bimetallic cut compensation balance and swan neck micrometric regulator, cal. 17’’’, 18 jewels, nr. 881560, diam. 38,25 mm, height 4,2 mm, 18000 vibrations.
Eberhard’s advertising, dated 1939, illustrating Patek Philippe’s models for ladies and gentlemen.
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A large stainless steel and 18k pink gold openface keyless lever watch, ref. 738. Three body circular case with snap on back and large circular 18k pink gold bow, black lacquered dial with pink gold batôn numerals, outer minutes track, pink gold dauphine hands and subsidiary seconds, diam. 55 mm. The watch was manufactured in 1942 and sold on May 6th, 1943 to Eberhard Milan, Italy.
The three last digits of the case number, 026, are engraved by hand on the inside of the 18k pink gold bezel. Circular stainless steel back stamped with Patek,Philippe & Co Geneve Swiss, stainless steel marks and serial number 508026.
Nickel finished circular lever movement stamped twice with the Geneva seal, cotes de Genève decoration, self-compensating Breguet overcoil hairspring, bimetallic cut compensation balance and swan neck micrometric regulator, cal. 17’’’, 18 jewels, nr. 881560, diam. 38,25 mm, height 4,2 mm, 18000 vibrations.
Eberhard’s advertising, dated 1939, illustrating Patek Philippe’s models for ladies and gentlemen.
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A stainless steel wristwatch, ref. 96. A circular three body case with downturned lugs, snap on back and flat bezel, diam. 30mm. The watch was manufactured in 1934 and its subsequent sale on 18 June 1934. This example is one of the earliest watch manufactured in Staybrite by Patek Philippe.
Circular stainless steel back stamped with circular Patek, Philippe & Co Switzerland signature, Francois Borgel (later Taubert Frères) casemaker mark, Staybrite and stainless steel marks, serial number 610769 and number 4. In 30s Patek Philippe launched a watch family that would become a hallmark of their manufacturing style: the Calatrava, the name was first used to describe the model's design in 1984.
Nickel finished lever movement, cotes de Genève decoration, bimetallic cut compensation balance, self-compensating Breguet overcoil hairspring, cal. 12’’’ (Ébauche by LeCoultre), 18 jewels, nr. 826679.
Silvered matte dial with applied white gold batôn numerals, white gold feuille hands and subsidiary seconds.
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A stainless steel wristwatch, ref. 96. A circular three body case with downturned lugs, snap on back and flat bezel, diam. 30mm. The watch was manufactured in 1934 and its subsequent sale on 18 June 1934. This example is one of the earliest watch manufactured in Staybrite by Patek Philippe.
Circular stainless steel back stamped with circular Patek, Philippe & Co Switzerland signature, Francois Borgel (later Taubert Frères) casemaker mark, Staybrite and stainless steel marks, serial number 610769 and number 4. In 30s Patek Philippe launched a watch family that would become a hallmark of their manufacturing style: the Calatrava, the name was first used to describe the model's design in 1984.
Nickel finished lever movement, cotes de Genève decoration, bimetallic cut compensation balance, self-compensating Breguet overcoil hairspring, cal. 12’’’ (Ébauche by LeCoultre), 18 jewels, nr. 826679.
Silvered matte dial with applied white gold batôn numerals, white gold feuille hands and subsidiary seconds.
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Stainless steel Amagnetic wristwatch, ref. 3417, two-body case, downturned lugs and screw back, stainless steel Gay Frères mesh bracelet with deployant clasp, diam. 35 mm. Rodhium-finished circular lever movement stamped twice with the Geneva seal, balance, cal. 27-AM 400, nr. 732044. This watch was manufactured in 1962 and sold on July 22th, 1963.
Circular screw back stamped with Patek, Philippe & Co. Geneve Swiss marks, serial number 2627908 and reference number 3417. Permalun (soft iron) inner cap renders the movement impervious to magnetic fields up to 450 oersteds.
U.S.A. Patek Philippe’s material catalogue illustrating the caliber 12-AM400 with its part numbers. This movement was launched in the market on 1960.
Silvered matte dial with applied white gold Arabic 12 and batôn numerals, Amagnetic signature, large counter with subsidiary seconds. The Patek Philippe's signature is enameled engraved.
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Stainless steel Amagnetic wristwatch, ref. 3417, two-body case, downturned lugs and screw back, stainless steel Gay Frères mesh bracelet with deployant clasp, diam. 35 mm. Rodhium-finished circular lever movement stamped twice with the Geneva seal, balance, cal. 27-AM 400, nr. 732044. This watch was manufactured in 1962 and sold on July 22th, 1963.
Circular screw back stamped with Patek, Philippe & Co. Geneve Swiss marks, serial number 2627908 and reference number 3417. Permalun (soft iron) inner cap renders the movement impervious to magnetic fields up to 450 oersteds.
U.S.A. Patek Philippe’s material catalogue illustrating the caliber 12-AM400 with its part numbers. This movement was launched in the market on 1960.
Silvered matte dial with applied white gold Arabic 12 and batôn numerals, Amagnetic signature, large counter with subsidiary seconds. The Patek Philippe's signature is enameled engraved.
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Stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with phases of the moon, ref. 1518, circular three-body case with downturned lugs, two rectangular chronograph pushers in the band and snap-on back, diam. 35 mm. The watch was manufactured in 1943 and sold on February 22th, 1944 to Joseph Lang, Budapest Hungary.
Circular snap-on back stamped with Patek, Philippe & Co Geneve Swiss, stainless steel marks and serial number 508473 and number 1 (this watch with reference in this material is the first ever made). The casemaker was Georges Croisier, later Genevor SA., this company manufactured for Patek Philippe only three cases of this reference in stainless steel.
Silver dial with hard enameled tachymeter scale, subsidiary dials and Patek Philippe & Co Genève signature, apertures for day and month. The small arabic numerals are manufactured in white gold. The dial manufacturer was Fabrique de Cadrans Stern Frères.
The last four digit of the movement serial number, 3193, are engraved by hand, on the back of the dial.
Three- body case with concave bezel and downturned lugs, two rectangular chronograph pushers in the band. Bracelet width between the lugs, 20mm. The retail price in 1944 of the reference 1518 in stainless steel was Frs. 2265, the same model manufactured in 18K gold was Frs. 2800.
The three last digits of the case number, 473, are engraved by hand on the inside of the stainless steel bezel.
The two disc backs of the week days and the months are engraved by hand with the complete movement serial number, 863193.
The two silver discs are circular hard enamel engraved with the days of week and the months. The moon phases disc has an engraved and inlaid blue enamel sky with gold stars and moons.
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Stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with phases of the moon, ref. 1518, circular three-body case with downturned lugs, two rectangular chronograph pushers in the band and snap-on back, diam. 35 mm. The watch was manufactured in 1943 and sold on February 22th, 1944 to Joseph Lang, Budapest Hungary.
Circular snap-on back stamped with Patek, Philippe & Co Geneve Swiss, stainless steel marks and serial number 508473 and number 1 (this watch with reference in this material is the first ever made). The casemaker was Georges Croisier, later Genevor SA., this company manufactured for Patek Philippe only three cases of this reference in stainless steel.
Silver dial with hard enameled tachymeter scale, subsidiary dials and Patek Philippe & Co Genève signature, apertures for day and month. The small arabic numerals are manufactured in white gold. The dial manufacturer was Fabrique de Cadrans Stern Frères.
The last four digit of the movement serial number, 3193, are engraved by hand, on the back of the dial.
Three- body case with concave bezel and downturned lugs, two rectangular chronograph pushers in the band. Bracelet width between the lugs, 20mm. The retail price in 1944 of the reference 1518 in stainless steel was Frs. 2265, the same model manufactured in 18K gold was Frs. 2800.
The three last digits of the case number, 473, are engraved by hand on the inside of the stainless steel bezel.
The two disc backs of the week days and the months are engraved by hand with the complete movement serial number, 863193.
The two silver discs are circular hard enamel engraved with the days of week and the months. The moon phases disc has an engraved and inlaid blue enamel sky with gold stars and moons.
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The under-dial view showing the quadrature for the date, day of the week, month and phases of the moon.The watch with reference 1518 was the world’s first perpetual wristwatch with chronograph made in series. It was launched in the market on 1941.
This drawing, in the 1948 instruction manual for watchmakers, details the procedures followed when dismantling and assembling a perpetual calendar movement. The calendar requires no manual adjustment and is also programmed for February 29 of a leap year.
Nickel finished circular movement stamped twice with the Geneva seal, straight-line lever escapement, Cotes de Genève decoration, self-compensating Breguet overcoil hairspring, bimetallic cut compensation balance and swan neck regulator, cal.13’’’130 Q, 23 jewels, nr. 863193. Stamped on the movement of the watches, the Geneva Seal (created in 1886 by the Swiss Society of Watchmakers to showcase watches made to the highest possible traditional standards within the canton of Geneva) depicts the coat of arms of the City of Geneva.
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The under-dial view showing the quadrature for the date, day of the week, month and phases of the moon.The watch with reference 1518 was the world’s first perpetual wristwatch with chronograph made in series. It was launched in the market on 1941.
This drawing, in the 1948 instruction manual for watchmakers, details the procedures followed when dismantling and assembling a perpetual calendar movement. The calendar requires no manual adjustment and is also programmed for February 29 of a leap year.
Nickel finished circular movement stamped twice with the Geneva seal, straight-line lever escapement, Cotes de Genève decoration, self-compensating Breguet overcoil hairspring, bimetallic cut compensation balance and swan neck regulator, cal.13’’’130 Q, 23 jewels, nr. 863193. Stamped on the movement of the watches, the Geneva Seal (created in 1886 by the Swiss Society of Watchmakers to showcase watches made to the highest possible traditional standards within the canton of Geneva) depicts the coat of arms of the City of Geneva.
Silvered dial with applied white gold Arabic numerals , outer 1/5 seconds division and black tachymeter scale, white gold feuille hands. Three subsidiary dials indicating constant seconds and 30 minutes register combined with phases of the moon, two windows for day and the month. 315
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Stainless steel self-winding wristwatch with date, mod. Nautilus, ref. 3700/1, twobody water-resistant case with large octagonal bezel, stainless steel Patek Philippe link bracelet and stainless steel deployant clasp signed Nautilus, diam. 42 mm, original Patek Philippe cork box. The watch was manufactured in 1977 and sold to Arte Suizo Country Club, Caracas Venezuela.
Two-body water-resistant case with stainless steel Patek Philippe link bracelet and stainless steel deployant clasp, original cork box with Patek Philippe’s certificate of origin and instructions manual.
The case’s design of the Nautilus was patented on 23 April 1976 by mr. Philippe Stern with brevet number 607869, with collaboration of mr. Gerald Gentà he developed this innovative sports watch design.
The original drawings of the two-body case with large octagonal bezel and ergonomic articulated bracelet and its innovative sealing system. The name Nautilus was chosen by Mr. Philippe Stern for the Patek Philippe’s new waterproof watch. The retail price in U.S.A. was $ 3,100.
Italian brochure, dated 1978, illustrating the model Nautilus reference 3700/1. Patek Philippe manufactured circa 3600 examples of reference 3700/1 in stainless steel.
For the design of Nautilus, it was believed that the inspiration was from the port holes of ships that are essentially round metal windows with huge single hinge. The model Nautilus was water-resistant to 120 meters.
Stainless steel back stamped with Patek, Philippe & Co. Geneve mark serial number 532570 and reference number 3700/1. The three last digits of the case number, 570, are stamped on the inside of the stainless steel bezel. The casemaker was Favre-Perret, La Chaux-de-Fonds. The reference 3700/1 was launched in 1976.
Stainless steel articulated bracelet with deployant clasp and embossed "Calatrava Cross". The first series of Nautilus, reference 3700/1 had a large bracelet (width. 16,5 mm), the following reference, bearing number 3700/11 had a narrow bracelet (width. 14 mm). Patek Philippe manufactured from 1981, circa 1500 examples of reference 3700/11 in stainless steel. 363
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Stainless steel self-winding wristwatch with date, mod. Nautilus, ref. 3700/1, twobody water-resistant case with large octagonal bezel, stainless steel Patek Philippe link bracelet and stainless steel deployant clasp signed Nautilus, diam. 42 mm, original Patek Philippe cork box. The watch was manufactured in 1977 and sold to Arte Suizo Country Club, Caracas Venezuela.
Two-body water-resistant case with stainless steel Patek Philippe link bracelet and stainless steel deployant clasp, original cork box with Patek Philippe’s certificate of origin and instructions manual.
The case’s design of the Nautilus was patented on 23 April 1976 by mr. Philippe Stern with brevet number 607869, with collaboration of mr. Gerald Gentà he developed this innovative sports watch design.
The original drawings of the two-body case with large octagonal bezel and ergonomic articulated bracelet and its innovative sealing system. The name Nautilus was chosen by Mr. Philippe Stern for the Patek Philippe’s new waterproof watch. The retail price in U.S.A. was $ 3,100.
Italian brochure, dated 1978, illustrating the model Nautilus reference 3700/1. Patek Philippe manufactured circa 3600 examples of reference 3700/1 in stainless steel.
For the design of Nautilus, it was believed that the inspiration was from the port holes of ships that are essentially round metal windows with huge single hinge. The model Nautilus was water-resistant to 120 meters.
Stainless steel back stamped with Patek, Philippe & Co. Geneve mark serial number 532570 and reference number 3700/1. The three last digits of the case number, 570, are stamped on the inside of the stainless steel bezel. The casemaker was Favre-Perret, La Chaux-de-Fonds. The reference 3700/1 was launched in 1976.
Stainless steel articulated bracelet with deployant clasp and embossed "Calatrava Cross". The first series of Nautilus, reference 3700/1 had a large bracelet (width. 16,5 mm), the following reference, bearing number 3700/11 had a narrow bracelet (width. 14 mm). Patek Philippe manufactured from 1981, circa 1500 examples of reference 3700/11 in stainless steel. 363
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Rhodium-finished circular self-winding movement with date, 21k gold rim to the rotor, cotes de Genève decoration, free sprung regulator, Gyromax balance, cal. 28255C (Le Coulte Ébauche), 36 jewels, nr. 1303335. Diameter 28 mm, height 3,15 mm, 19800 vibrations.
Back of the dial stamped with number 93 (dial factory Stern's number for the Patek Philippe company) and number 201 TT (Patek Philippe's reference for the dial).
Gray/anthracite dial with embossed horizontal stripes, applied white gold batôn luminous indexes and window for the date. White gold batôn luminous hands, external white dot minutes scale.
The dial bears the “Aprior”mark (two sigma beside to the swiss signature), conferred by the “Association pour la Promotion Industrielle de l’ Or” to dials made of solid gold or at least equipped with solid gold indexes. The “Aprior” was mainly active around 1970 with many ads in watch journals. 365
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Rhodium-finished circular self-winding movement with date, 21k gold rim to the rotor, cotes de Genève decoration, free sprung regulator, Gyromax balance, cal. 28255C (Le Coulte Ébauche), 36 jewels, nr. 1303335. Diameter 28 mm, height 3,15 mm, 19800 vibrations.
Back of the dial stamped with number 93 (dial factory Stern's number for the Patek Philippe company) and number 201 TT (Patek Philippe's reference for the dial).
Gray/anthracite dial with embossed horizontal stripes, applied white gold batôn luminous indexes and window for the date. White gold batôn luminous hands, external white dot minutes scale.
The dial bears the “Aprior”mark (two sigma beside to the swiss signature), conferred by the “Association pour la Promotion Industrielle de l’ Or” to dials made of solid gold or at least equipped with solid gold indexes. The “Aprior” was mainly active around 1970 with many ads in watch journals. 365