PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH CREAM-COLOURED ENAMEL DIAL, SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 2526, MOVEMENT NO. 766’483, CASE NO. 2’606’829, MANUFACTURED IN 1959

PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH CREAM-COLOURED ENAMEL DIAL
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 2526, MOVEMENT NO. 766’483, CASE NO. 2’606’829, MANUFACTURED IN 1959
Movement: cal. 12-600 AT, automatic, 30 jewels, signed
Dial: signed
Case: screw back, 36 mm. diam., signed
With: 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle, Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with enamel dial and laped gold indexes in 1959 and its subsequent sale on 26 January 1960

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