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A very special Duo of bespoke Minute Repeaters
One single collector from New-York, two Patek Philippe Minute Repeaters, both featuring elements designed to make the watch easier to handle and read: oversized trigger (and crown for one of them) and blackened hands and numerals:
- The ref. 2419 was produced in 1946 and retailed through Cartier New York on 21 April 1950.
- The ref. 2524/1 has a movement produced in 1954, encased in 1961 and subsequently retailed on 3 March 1961 through Tiffany & Co.
It is believed that the ref. 2524/1 was purchased while the ref. 2419 was being serviced in Geneva.
And, according to Christie's, "information provided several years ago by the original owner states that due to old age, he started to have difficulty in winding and setting the watch and activating the minute repeating as well as reading the dial easily. It was for these reasons that he asked Patek Philippe to paint in black the hands and the hour markers, to supply a larger crown (a pocket watch crown was used then) and to enlarge the repeater trigger."
For further information, you can read the very informative lot essays related to these timepieces: just click on the links below.
Best, Emmanuel
Dial made by Stern Frères and blackened hands & indices
34 mm yellow gold case by Emile Vichet
Crown diameter: 7 mm
credit: @masalux (1), @edwardscheckler (2), hodinkee (3-4), phillips & christie's
C/ THE DUO
credit: @edwardscheckler (1), watchonista (2-3), sotheby's (9) & phillips
Oversized minute repeater trigger sliding upwards
Sold as :
Sold as :
credit: @masalux (1), @edwardscheckler (2), hodinkee (3-4), phillips & christie's
B/ REF. 2524/1 Tiffany & Co. (you can click here to see, as a comparison, how a regular ref. 2524/1 looks)
Double signed dial
Blackened hands & indices
34 mm yellow gold case by Emile Vichet
12 ligne minute-repeating caliber signed by Fritz Piguet
Oversized minute repeater trigger sliding downwards
No small seconds, contrarily to most 2524/1
Sold as :
C/ THE DUO
credit: @edwardscheckler (1), watchonista (2-3), sotheby's (9) & phillips
D/ LINKS FOR FURTHER READING
- Two One-of-a-Kind Patek Philippe Minute Repeater Wristwatches Reunited at Phillips by JX Su on Sjx
- A Pair Of Strikingly Similar Patek Philippe Minute Repeaters That Share More Than Just (Good) Looks by Arthur Touchot on Hodinkee
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A very special Duo of bespoke Minute Repeaters
One single collector from New-York , two Patek Philippe Minute Repeaters , both featuring elements designed to make the watch easier to handle and read: oversized trigger (and crown for one of them) and blackened hands and numerals : The ref. 2419 was pro...
The first one is amazing...
...the blackened hands and markers look great with yellow gold. The marker placement is a bit haphazard. I assume it was done by hand...
Probably, even though the holes for the indices' little "feet"
are visible on the dial's back and have probably been machined... Just an idea, I don't know at all how the markers were placed. Best, Emmanuel
I know they do that so the markers don't fall out...
...but on these older watches they clearly didn't have jigs or anything to provide perfect placement. The holes were probably eye-balled and hand drilled : )
Thanks for the interesting back story ! The
blackened hands look wonderful ! Wonder how the sounds are like ?
If you click on the link
to Christie’s lot 2508 and scroll through the photos, you’ll find a short video: https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6347332?ldp_breadcrumb=back There’s also a short video here: https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/changing-history-a-previously-undocumented...