95th Auction
2017/5/6
Lot 157
Patek Philippe & Co. Genève, Movement No. 930537, Case No. 642358, Ref. 725, 46 mm, 73 g, circa 1947
A gentleman's very fine Geneva pocket watch with perpetual calendar and moon phase
Case: 18k gold. Dial: silvered. Movm.: bridge movement, gold screw compensation balance.
Reference 725 was launched in 1940 and the production was discontinued in the early 1980s. The similarities in the design of the reference 725 pocket watch and the wristwatches of the same period are quite striking: the models of the first 725 series - which this piece is a part of - featured applied Arabic and dot numerals very like those of the acclaimed reference 1526 wristwatch with perpetual calendar that was introduced only one year later.
The second series of ref. 725 had applied baton numerals - this update was mirrored in the last of the reference 2497 and 2438-1 models. Both editions of reference 725 had scooped bezels, which, again, is a feature repeated in some of the most important contemporary Patek Philippe wristwatches.
A gentleman's very fine Geneva pocket watch with perpetual calendar and moon phase
Case: 18k gold. Dial: silvered. Movm.: bridge movement, gold screw compensation balance.
Reference 725 was launched in 1940 and the production was discontinued in the early 1980s. The similarities in the design of the reference 725 pocket watch and the wristwatches of the same period are quite striking: the models of the first 725 series - which this piece is a part of - featured applied Arabic and dot numerals very like those of the acclaimed reference 1526 wristwatch with perpetual calendar that was introduced only one year later.
The second series of ref. 725 had applied baton numerals - this update was mirrored in the last of the reference 2497 and 2438-1 models. Both editions of reference 725 had scooped bezels, which, again, is a feature repeated in some of the most important contemporary Patek Philippe wristwatches.
estimated
40.000—55.000 €
Price realized
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