26 Patek Philippe Very Elegant and Fine, Calatrava, Wristwatch in Yellow Gold, With Stepped Down Turned Lugs and Silvered Subsidiary Seconds Dial, Reference 2452
Estimate: €5,000 – 10,000
Sold (Premium)€10,400
Model: Calatrava
Reference: 2452
Case Material: Yellow Gold
Bracelet Material: Leather Strap
Year: 1950's
Movement: Manual
Caliber: 10–200
Case N°: 669 164
Movement N°: 957931
Dimensions: 35 mm
Signed: Dial, Case and Movement
With an evident recall to the iconic Calatrava from the ’50s, the present model 2452 by Patek Philippe was launched in 1949 and this lot is one of the first series equipped with the caliber 10 ″ 200. The second series featuring caliber 12″’400, started production in 1950 and was discontinued around 1958. With regards to case design, the mid-century provides a veritable explosion form. The lot here offered is a very nice and elegant specimen in yellow gold. The two body case with snap on the back and concave bezel is very nice with deep hallmarks on the band and under the stepped downturned fluted curved lugs. The dial is silvered with applied yellow-gold baton and dart indexes, Arabic numerals at 12, painted outer minute markers, subsidiary seconds dial and yellow feuille hands.