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Patek Philippe
Ref. 600/3
A fine and rare pink gold, diamond and ruby-set openface dress watch
- Estimate
- HK$120,000 - 180,000
HK$162,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Patek Philippe
- Year
- 1954
- Reference No
- 600/3
- Movement No
- 892'138
- Case No
- 685'030
- Material
- 18k pink gold, diamonds and rubies
- Calibre
- Mechanical, 17'''140
- Dimensions
- 43 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Patek Philippe</em> Extract from the Archives confirming the production of the present watch is set with 43 diamonds weighing 0.50 carats and 43 rubies weighing 0.80 carats in 1954 and its subsequent sale on 21 July 1955.
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Catalogue Essay
Manufactured in 1954, the present watch is fresh to the market and has been retained in exceptionally crisp condition, intact setting and beautifully raised hard enamel signature. This example is only the second known second manufactured reference 600/3 in pink gold. Production of the reference began in 1933, and stayed in current production for many decades later.
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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