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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K pink gold automatic wristwatch with cream-coloured enamel dial

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENÈVE, REF. 2526, MOVEMENT NO. 760'688, CASE NO. 682'186, MANUFACTURED IN 1954

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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K pink gold automatic wristwatch with cream-coloured enamel dial
Signed Patek Philippe, Genève, Ref. 2526, movement no. 760'688, case no. 682'186, manufactured in 1954
Cal. 12-600 AT automatic movement, 30 jewels, 18K gold rotor, cream-coloured enamel dial, applied pink gold baton numerals, subsidiary seconds, circular water-resistant-type case, screw back, 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle, case, dial and movement signed
36 mm. diam.

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With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with pink gold hour markers in 1954 and its subsequent sale on 23 September 1954.

Fresh to the market, this rose gold "twenty five-twenty six" stands out by its overall very good and hardly polished condition.

Reference 2526 and its successor 3428 are undisputedly amongst the most elegant and distinguished vintage watches ever made.

Reference 2526 was introduced to the market in 1952 and was Patek Philippe's first self-winding watch ever made, starting with movement number 760'000 (delivered in July 1953 to Mr. J.B. Champion, one of Patek Philippe's faithful clients. This watch, fitted with a gold bracelet, is today the pride of a discerning collector). The model features the legendary calibre 12-600 AT which was granted Swiss patent No. 289758 in 1953 for "a self-winding mechanism for a wristwatch movement using the energy supplied by a rotary mass causing an eccentric part to transmit a swinging movement to an organ of the mechanism".

The majority of reference 2526 was cased in yellow gold, a small series in pink gold and an exceedingly limited number in white gold (see lot 36 in this auction) and in platinum.