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PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE AND UNIQUE 18K GOLD OPENFACE KEYLESS LEVER WATCH WITH ENAMEL MINIATURE OF A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS BY SUZANNE ROHR, WITH ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE, BROCHURE AND BOX

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 715/21, MOVEMENT NO. 893'286, CASE NO. 432'835, MANUFACTURED IN 1968

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PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE AND UNIQUE 18K GOLD OPENFACE KEYLESS LEVER WATCH WITH ENAMEL MINIATURE OF A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS BY SUZANNE ROHR, WITH ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE, BROCHURE AND BOX
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 715/21, MOVEMENT NO. 893'286, CASE NO. 432'835, MANUFACTURED IN 1968
Cal. 17-140 keyless lever movement stamped twice with the Geneva seal, 18 jewels, silvered dial, applied gold baton numerals, subsidiary seconds, circular case, snap on back finely decorated with polychrome painted enamel miniature depicting a bouquet of flowers, signed and dated S. Rohr 1970, case, dial and movement signed
47 mm. diam.

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With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated March 1973 and signed Gübelin, product literature, fitted presentation box and outer packaging. Furthermore delivered with Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with enamel miniature "Bunch of Flowers" in 1968 and its subsequent sale on 22 March 1973.

The enamel of the present watch is signed by Mrs. Suzanne Rohr, one of the last artists able to perpetuate the supremely exacting art of miniature painting on enamel. Mrs. Rohr, who celebrated her 40 years of collaboration with Patek Philippe in 2007, reserves her talent for the company. In her hands, the secret alchemy of the coloured enamels offers a second life of unequalled depth and finesse to some of the world's greatest art treasures.

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