3053 ♦

PATEK PHILIPPE

Manufacturer/Manufaktur: Patek Philippe, Geneva. Year/Jahr: 1956. Reference No./Referenz-Nr.: 2552. Movement No./Werk-Nr.: 762 938. Calibre/Kaliber: 12-600 AT, self-winding/Automatik. Case No./Gehäuse-Nr.: 693 548 (by Edouard Wenger, geneva; key No.1). Material: 18K yellow gold/Gelbgold. Braclet-Strap/Armband: Black crocodile leather Patek Philippe strap/Schwarzes Patek Philippe-Krokodillederarmband. Clasp-Buckle/Verschluss: 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle/Patek Philippe-Verschluss aus 18 kt. Gelbgold. Dimensions/Grösse: ø 35,8 mm. Signed/Signiert: Dial, case, movement/Zifferblatt, Gehäuse, Werk. Accessories: Extract from the Archives/Archivauszug.

Round-shaped gentleman's wristwatch, water-resistant, with subsidiary seconds at 6. Polished two-piece case, with screwed case-back. Silver colour dial with radial applied yellow gold indexes. 12-600 AT calibre, lever escapement, Gyromax balance and self-compensating Breguet hairspring, index regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw, adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, 18K yellow gold rotor, Geneva seal.

Wasserdichte Herrenarmbanduhr mit Kleiner Sekunde bei 6-Uhr. Silberfarbenes Zifferblatt mit aufgelegten Gelbgold-Indizes. Werk mit Ankerhemmung, Gyromax-Unruh, Breguet-Spirale und Rückerzeiger mit Schwanenhals- und Mikrometer-Feinregulierung; Regulierung in 5 Positionen sowie auf Hitze, Kälte und Isochronismus, 18 kt. Gelbgold-Rotor, Genfer Siegel.

Provenance: Antike Uhren Eder, München (Expertise No. 2400/69).

Bibliography: Patrizzi 2010, vol. 2, p. 190 (No. 802, similar watch).

The Patek Philippe Reference 2552 is launched in 1955 and remained in production until the late-1950s. The majority in yellow gold, more rarely in rose gold, even more rarely in white gold and platinum. Around 600 examples were produced.

The watch is so-called "Flying Saucer" by collectors.