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With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with raised gold indexes in 1951 and its subsequent sale on 20 March 1953. Furthermore delivered with spare Patek Philippe gold crown, crystal, main spring, later Patek Philippe sales tag, presentation box and outer packaging, period brochure Komplizierte Uhren and leaflet explaining the perpetual calendar parts.
The reference 1526 offered here for sale is distinguished by its very good overall condition, impressing with a full case and clearly defined hallmarks to the right side, underneath the lower left lug and the stamped "18K" to the outside of the snap on back. Its dial has been professionally restored in the workshops of Patek Philippe, displaying a great shine, signatures and scales still nicely raised.
Reference 1526
Reference 1526 is doubtlessly one of Patek Philippe's most elegant and timeless models, produced in an exceedingly small series of only 210 examples. With the exception of a unique piece in steel, this reference was available predominantly in yellow gold and a fraction in pink gold.
In production from 1940 to 1952, this masterpiece of elegance combines a Calatrava-style case and a minimalist dial audaciously ahead of its time. In fact, a similar style of dial layout - with a subsidiary dial at 6 o'clock and openings for day of the week and month at 12 - can be found in Patek Philippe perpetual calendar watches over the following three decades, most notably references 2497, 2438/1, 3448 and 3450.
Reference 1526 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, first edition, p. 215, and in Patek Philippe Museum - Patek Philippe Watches Volume II, pp. 288-289.
The reference 1526 offered here for sale is distinguished by its very good overall condition, impressing with a full case and clearly defined hallmarks to the right side, underneath the lower left lug and the stamped "18K" to the outside of the snap on back. Its dial has been professionally restored in the workshops of Patek Philippe, displaying a great shine, signatures and scales still nicely raised.
Reference 1526
Reference 1526 is doubtlessly one of Patek Philippe's most elegant and timeless models, produced in an exceedingly small series of only 210 examples. With the exception of a unique piece in steel, this reference was available predominantly in yellow gold and a fraction in pink gold.
In production from 1940 to 1952, this masterpiece of elegance combines a Calatrava-style case and a minimalist dial audaciously ahead of its time. In fact, a similar style of dial layout - with a subsidiary dial at 6 o'clock and openings for day of the week and month at 12 - can be found in Patek Philippe perpetual calendar watches over the following three decades, most notably references 2497, 2438/1, 3448 and 3450.
Reference 1526 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, first edition, p. 215, and in Patek Philippe Museum - Patek Philippe Watches Volume II, pp. 288-289.