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拍品专文
The present watch, distinguished by its fine condition and freshness to market from the original family, is believed to be from a small series of 200 open face dress watches, ref. 600/1, and 150 wristwatches, ref. 2481, made beginning in 1953 to special order in memory of King Abdul Aziz al Saud who had passed away the same year. The watches were all fitted with ivory-colored enamel dials with ruby-set numerals bearing the King's portrait and given as gifts to dignitaries or friends of His Majesty.
Abdul Aziz Al Saud, King (Malik) of Saudi Arabia (1876-1953), was the first monarch of The Third Saudi State known as Saudi Arabia.
Within this special order series, the dial is purposefully not signed Patek Philippe and only bears the miniature enamel of His Majesty. The outside case backs are signed Patek Philippe with the Calatrava logo since it was not considered appropriate the King would share the dial with the maker’s name. These watches were ordered by Patek Philippe’s Saudi agent, Abdul Rahman Serour of Red Sea Trading on behalf of the royal family.
Reference 600 was launched in 1957 and was made in different versions:
- ref. 600 with standard metal dial
- ref. 600/1, the present reference, with enamel dial
It is interesting to note that the cases of these two references are of different thicknesses. Ref. 600 measures 4.8 mm. compared to 5.8 mm. for ref. 600/1, caused by the applied ruby-set numerals and the enamel dial that is thicker than the standard metal one.
Abdul Aziz Al Saud, King (Malik) of Saudi Arabia (1876-1953), was the first monarch of The Third Saudi State known as Saudi Arabia.
Within this special order series, the dial is purposefully not signed Patek Philippe and only bears the miniature enamel of His Majesty. The outside case backs are signed Patek Philippe with the Calatrava logo since it was not considered appropriate the King would share the dial with the maker’s name. These watches were ordered by Patek Philippe’s Saudi agent, Abdul Rahman Serour of Red Sea Trading on behalf of the royal family.
Reference 600 was launched in 1957 and was made in different versions:
- ref. 600 with standard metal dial
- ref. 600/1, the present reference, with enamel dial
It is interesting to note that the cases of these two references are of different thicknesses. Ref. 600 measures 4.8 mm. compared to 5.8 mm. for ref. 600/1, caused by the applied ruby-set numerals and the enamel dial that is thicker than the standard metal one.