Swiss Art Deco dress watch with rare double signature Circa 1932

Platinum extremely thin lever watch
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An extremely thin Art Deco dress watch with a very rare double signature retailed by Keltz-Bloch and made by Patek Philippe in Genève, Switzerland, circa 1932. The plain numbered and open faced case of this watch is crafted from platinum. The original silvered dial has an inner ring with Arabic hour numerals, an outer minute track and beautifully preserved steel Art Deco hands. The numbered super thin Patek Philippe precision movement has a lever escapement, five adjusted positions, Geneva striping decoration and 18 jewels.
Case dial and movement signed.
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Diameter: 42 mm
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Weight: 42 g
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Signed: Patek, Philipp & Cie Genève Fab. Suisse – Kelz-Bloch
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Patek Philippe pocket watches with the retailer’s signature Keltz-Bloch (Strasbourg) are wanted collector’s pieces. In platinum, another piece is difficult to find.
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Patek, Philipp & Cie
On February 1^st, 1901 Patek, Philippe & Cie was converted into a stock corporation and renamed Ancienne Manufacture d’Horlogerie Patek, Philippe & Cie S.A. A patent for a double chronograph was applied in 1902. The company continues through significant inventions, which are highly regarded. In 1932, Patek Philippe was taken over by Charles and Jean Stern, after which the company name changed to Patek Philippe S.A. Thierry Stern (fourth generation) took office in 2009 as president. The company has 70 patents and produces the entire clockwork in house. Their luxurious timepieces are of high quality and therefore often raise record amounts at auctions. A pocket watch produced in 1933 was sold at auction for 11 million euros in 1999. A world record at that time. On November 11^th, 2014, it was auctioned again and this time it was sold for 19 million euros. On the occasion of the 150^th-anniversary celebration in 1989, the legendary Calibre 89 is presented, which took nine years to develop. With 33 complications and 1728 components, this watch is regarded as a pocket watch of superlatives. Both dials together it has 24 hands and 12 dials, in addition, a minute repeater with a large and small carillion, an alarm function, a tourbillon, a perpetual calendar, a split second chronograph movement and over 20 other complications. The most complicated pocket watch movement at all.