3015 ♦

PATEK PHILIPPE

Manufacturer/Manufaktur: Patek Philippe, Geneva. Year/Jahr: 1943. Reference No./Referenz-Nr.: 1432. Movement No./Werk-Nr.: 901 295. Calibre/Kaliber: 10-105, manual-winding/Handaufzug. Case No./Gehäuse-Nr.: 633 791 (by Edouard Wenger, Geneva; key No.1). Material: 18K rose gold/Roségold. Braclet-Strap/Armband: Brown lizard leather strap/Braunes Eidechsenlederarmband. Clasp-Buckle/Verschluss: 18K rose gold Patek Philippe buckle/Patek Philippe-Verschluss aus 18 kt. Roségold. Dimensions/Grösse: 35,3x27 mm. Signed/Signiert: Dial, case, movement/Zifferblatt, Gehäuse, Werk. Accessories: Extract from the Archives/Archivauszug.

Square-shaped and vertical rectangular-shaped gentleman's wristwatch with subsidiary seconds at 6. Polished two-piece case, with snap-on case-back. Rose colour dial with suspended Roman applied rose gold numerals and radial indexes. 10-105 calibre, lever escapement, Glucydur screw-balance and self-compensating flat hairspring, adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, Geneva seal.

Herrenarmbanduhr mit Kleiner Sekunde bei 6-Uhr. Poliertes, zweiteiliges Gehäuse mit Sprungboden. Roségoldfarbenes Zifferblatt mit aufgesetzten römischen Ziffern und Indizes. Kaliber 10-105, Ankerhemmung, Glucydur-Schraubenunruh, Flachspirale; Regulierung in 5 Positionen sowie auf Hitze, Kälte und Isochronismus, Genfer Siegel.

Bibliography: Patrizzi 2010, vol. 2, p. 95 (No. 411, similar watch in stainless steel).

The Patek Philippe Reference 1432 is launched in 1939 and remained in production until the late-1950s. The majority in rose gold, more rarely in yellow gold or in stainless steel or two-tone, in stainless steel and gold. Around 600 examples were produced.