Swiss stainless steel dress watch with sector dial Circa 1984

Stainless steel keyless lever watch
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A very rare Swiss stainless steel open faced keyless dress watch made by Patek Philippe in Geneva, circa 1984. Sold on July 17th, 1950. Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives. The brushed case with a snap on back. Two tone, brushed and polished silver dial with applied steel baton and Arabic hour indexes, an outer minute track, subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and steel leaf hands. Rhodium plated movement with Geneva striping decoration, 18 jewels, a straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring and swan neck micrometre regulator. Dial, case and movement signed.
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Diameter: 45.5 mm
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Signed: Patek Philippe & Cie  Genève
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Stainless steel dress watches by Patek Philippe are very rare because most examples are made from precious metals. The present watch has a very fine two tone sector dial in untouched condition, the design of which is in line with the best wrist watch dials of the period.