Swiss gold minute repeating perpetual calendar Circa 1951
- Kenmerk
- SA1444
- Diameter
- 48 mm
- Estimate
- € 60.000 - 120.000
- Price sold
- € 72.200
Rare gold minute repeating perpetual calendar watch with moon phases
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A fine and rare Swiss 18k yellow gold open faced minute repeating perpetual calendar watch with moon phases, circa 1931-1951, movement with 29 jewels, minute repeating on two hammers. Silvered dial, applied Roman and bullet indexes, feuille hands, subsidiary dials indicating day, month combined with leap year indication, date and moon-phases combined with seconds, minute repeat slide to the band, case, dial and movement signed, original presentation box.
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Diameter: 48 mm
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Signed: Patek Philippe Genève
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A fine and rare Swiss 18k yellow gold open faced minute repeating perpetual calendar watch with moon phases, circa 1931-1951, movement with 29 jewels, minute repeating on two hammers. Silvered dial, applied Roman and bullet indexes, feuille hands, subsidiary dials indicating day, month combined with leap year indication, date and moon-phases combined with seconds, minute repeat slide to the band, case, dial and movement signed, original presentation box.
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Diameter: 48 mm
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Signed: Patek Philippe Genève
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Extract from the Archives confirming manufacture of movement in 1931, completion in 1949, encasement in 1951 and sale in that year. A similar example with Arabic numerals is illustrated in Huber, M. & Banbery, A., Patek Philippe, Vol. I, First Edition. Production of the Ref. 699 commenced in 1946. An original archive image of an identical reference is illustrated in Reardon, J. Patek Philippe in America Reference Guide, Vol. I, Men’s Watches.Stanley H. Arnolt II formerly owned this watch (1907-1963), inventor, designer, entrepreneur and race car driver. One of his first inventions, an inboard marine engine called the ‘Sea-Mite’, was so fast that on a foggy morning in 1938, Arnolt made a record trip on a 13-foot boat from St. Joseph, Michigan, to Chicago in less than four hours. So impressed were bystanders along the Navy Pier in Chicago, that they dubbed the man ‘Wacky Arnolt’ for his fearless manner, a name that he kept for decades to come. In 1952, Arnolt introduced a new company S.H. Arnolt, Inc., to import and distribute foreign cars. The cars were true hybrids consisting of British mechanicals and Italian bodywork. His company oversaw the final assembly of these unusual cars and managed the U.S. sales and distribution. One can imagine ‘Wacky’ Arnolt with his trademark cigar admiring this fine Patek Philippe Ref. 699 for its radial calendar layout and meticulous engineering.
Extract from the Archives confirming manufacture of movement in 1931, completion in 1949, encasement in 1951 and sale in that year. A similar example with Arabic numerals is illustrated in Huber, M. & Banbery, A., Patek Philippe, Vol. I, First Edition. Production of the Ref. 699 commenced in 1946. An original archive image of an identical reference is illustrated in Reardon, J. Patek Philippe in America Reference Guide, Vol. I, Men’s Watches.Stanley H. Arnolt II formerly owned this watch (1907-1963), inventor, designer, entrepreneur and race car driver. One of his first inventions, an inboard marine engine called the ‘Sea-Mite’, was so fast that on a foggy morning in 1938, Arnolt made a record trip on a 13-foot boat from St. Joseph, Michigan, to Chicago in less than four hours. So impressed were bystanders along the Navy Pier in Chicago, that they dubbed the man ‘Wacky Arnolt’ for his fearless manner, a name that he kept for decades to come. In 1952, Arnolt introduced a new company S.H. Arnolt, Inc., to import and distribute foreign cars. The cars were true hybrids consisting of British mechanicals and Italian bodywork. His company oversaw the final assembly of these unusual cars and managed the U.S. sales and distribution. One can imagine ‘Wacky’ Arnolt with his trademark cigar admiring this fine Patek Philippe Ref. 699 for its radial calendar layout and meticulous engineering.
Signed: Patek Philippe Genève
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