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Patek Philippe
Ref. 896
A very fine and rare yellow gold and diamond-set skeletonised openface watch
- Estimate
- HK$400,000 - 600,000€47,000 - 70,400$50,000 - 75,000
HK$1,062,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Patek Philippe
- Year
- 1984
- Reference No
- 896
- Movement No
- 937'115
- Case No
- 2'856'069
- Material
- 18k yellow gold and diamonds
- Calibre
- Mechanical, 17-170
- Dimensions
- 47 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Patek Philippe</em> Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with 299 diamonds weighing approximately 7.97 carats and skeletonized dial in 1984 and its subsequent sale on 28 September 1990. Furthermore delivered with an 18k yellow gold chain.
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Catalogue Essay
Manufactured in the early 1990s, the present watch is not only retained in exceptional and like new condition, it is also extraordinarily rare. Set with almost 8 carats of diamonds, the watch is an exceptional dress watch and conversation piece. Patek Philippe are masters in everything that they do and the present watch is a perfect illustration of a horological knowhow at the famous Swiss firm.
Patek Philippe
Swiss | 1839Since its founding in 1839, this famous Geneva-based firm has been surprising its clientele with superbly crafted timepieces fitted with watchmaking's most prestigious complications. Traditional and conservative designs are found across Patek Philippe's watches made throughout their history — the utmost in understated elegance.Well-known for the Graves Supercomplication — a highly complicated pocket watch that was the world’s most complicated watch for 50 years — this family-owned brand has earned a reputation of excellence around the world. Patek's complicated vintage watches hold the highest number of world records for results achieved at auction compared with any other brand. For collectors, key models include the reference 1518, the world's first serially produced perpetual calendar chronograph, and its successor, the reference 2499. Other famous models include perpetual calendars such as the ref. 1526, ref. 3448 and 3450, chronographs such as the reference 130, 530 and 1463, as well as reference 1436 and 1563 split seconds chronographs. Patek is also well-known for their classically styled, time-only "Calatrava" dress watches, and the "Nautilus," an iconic luxury sports watch first introduced in 1976 as the reference 3700 that is still in production today.
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