拍品专文
With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1947 and its subsequent sale on September 14th of the following year.
According to our research the present watch has never before been offered in public.
Manufacture of Reference 1526, highly appreciated by collectors and immediately recognizable by its Calatrava-style case, was launched in 1941. According to literature, only 210 examples were made, cased either in yellow or pink gold. Only one example in steel, now at Patek Philippe's prestigious watch museum in Geneva, is known to have been made.
Reference 1526 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, pp. 282 & 283.
According to our research the present watch has never before been offered in public.
Manufacture of Reference 1526, highly appreciated by collectors and immediately recognizable by its Calatrava-style case, was launched in 1941. According to literature, only 210 examples were made, cased either in yellow or pink gold. Only one example in steel, now at Patek Philippe's prestigious watch museum in Geneva, is known to have been made.
Reference 1526 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, pp. 282 & 283.