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Lot Essay
This endangered species strap is shown for display purposes only and is not for sale. The watch will be supplied with a calf leather strap.
The present timepiece is a stunning example of one of Patek Philipps’s exceedingly rare wristwatches featuring a red flowers cloisonné enamel dial, furthermore sold with its certificate of origin and wooden box.
Wristwatches with cloisonne dials have always held a powerful attraction for buyers and collectors for many reasons, their beauty and highly coloured richness created in the furnace is preserved with unchanging permanence over the years. The production of such dials is extremely costly as they have to be individually artisan made, the outline of the desired motif is achieved by arranging thin gold wires on the dial plate. These partitions are then filled with small quantities of enamel powder in the desired colours. The dial is then fired in a furnace at around 1000 degrees Celsius causing the powder to melt into glass. Finally it is hand-polished until a perfectly flat surface is obtained.
Cloisonné enamel dial watches were and still are considered the most unusual and attractive watches ever made and thus keenly sought by collectors.
The present timepiece is a stunning example of one of Patek Philipps’s exceedingly rare wristwatches featuring a red flowers cloisonné enamel dial, furthermore sold with its certificate of origin and wooden box.
Wristwatches with cloisonne dials have always held a powerful attraction for buyers and collectors for many reasons, their beauty and highly coloured richness created in the furnace is preserved with unchanging permanence over the years. The production of such dials is extremely costly as they have to be individually artisan made, the outline of the desired motif is achieved by arranging thin gold wires on the dial plate. These partitions are then filled with small quantities of enamel powder in the desired colours. The dial is then fired in a furnace at around 1000 degrees Celsius causing the powder to melt into glass. Finally it is hand-polished until a perfectly flat surface is obtained.
Cloisonné enamel dial watches were and still are considered the most unusual and attractive watches ever made and thus keenly sought by collectors.