Fine Swiss 18 carat gold repeating lever with linear calendar Circa 1959
- Kenmerk
- CH1961
- Diameter
- 51 mm
- Estimate
- € 90.000 - 160.000
- Price sold
- € 132.000
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A very fine Swiss 18 carat gold open faced minute repeating pocket watch with linear perpetual calendar and moon phases, circa 1959. The movement with a lever escapement is stamped HOX. Matt silvered dial with applied gold baton hour indexes, an aperture at 12 o’clock for the so-called American perpetual calendar indicating the month, date and day of the week, sunk subsidiary seconds with concentric moon phases at 6 and dauphine hands. A stepped, brushed case with a snap-on back and a repeating slide in the band. Comes with an Extract from the Archives confirming the production of the present watch in 1959 and its subsequent sale on November 18th, 1965.
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Diameter: 51 mm
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Signed: Patek Philippe Genève Swiss
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Reference 843.
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Distinguished by its architectural, modernist case and dial design reduced to a minimalist level, reference 843 is one of Patek Philippe’s greatest post war designs for complicated pocket watches. The model is best known for its so-called American calendar, derived from the arrangement of the calendar indication, with month, date and day of the week as opposed to the European date, month and day of the week sequence. Also known as linear calendar or digital calendar display, it was introduced with references 699/2 and 699/5 in the mid 1950s and later evolved into the references 843 and 844.
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Of very similar style, only differing by size and minor case or dial details, references 843 and 844 were made in an exceedingly small series only, the vast majority in yellow gold. According to research, only 19 examples of references 843 and 844 including one white gold example have appeared publicly to date. Furthermore, the present watch movement is stamped HOX, indicating it was made exclusively for the American market.
Signed: Patek Philippe Genève Swiss
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