Very fine Swiss 18 Carat pink gold keyless pocket watch Circa 1940

Pink gold keyless pocket watch by Patek Philippe
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A very fine Swiss 18 Carat pink gold and stainless steel keyless pocket watch with a pink dial, made by Patek Philippe & Cie in Genève circa 1940. Two-tone, brushed pink bassine, polished case with a triple stepped down bezel. Brushed pink dial with painted black Roman numerals and outer minute track. Pink gold baton hands.
Rhodium plated momentum with Geneva Striping decoration, stamped with the seal of Geneva quality mark, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bi metallic compensation balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring and an index regulator.
Dial, case and movement signed.
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Diameter: 42 mm
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Signed: Patek Philippe & Cie Genève
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Patek Philippe SA is a Swiss luxury watch and clock manufacturer, located in the Canton of Geneva and the Vallée de Joux.  Established in 1839, it is named after two of its founders, Antoni Patek and Adrien Philippe. Since 1932, the company has been owned by the Stern family in Switzerland and remains the last family owned independent watch manufacturer in Geneva. Patek Philippe is one of the oldest watch manufacturers in the world with an uninterrupted watchmaking history since its founding. It designs and manufactures timepieces as well as movements, including some of the most complicated mechanical watches. The company maintains over 400 retail locations globally and over a dozen distribution centers across Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania. In 2001, it opened the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva.

Patek Philippe is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious watch manufacturers in the world. As of December 2020, among the world’s top ten most expensive watches ever sold at auctions, eight are Patek Philippe watches. In particular, Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010 currently holds the title of the most expensive watch (and wristwatch) ever sold at auction (US$31.19 million/31 million CHF), while Patek Philippe Henry Graves Super complication, the world’s most complicated mechanical watch until 1989, currently holds the title of the most expensive pocket watch ever sold at auction (US$24 million/23,237,000 CHF).