Patek Philippe

thanks

you're right, here's more info ...

Text and picture from Christies

Lot Description

Patek Philippe. An extremely important and probably unique oversize chromed nickel splittable centre seconds aviator prototype wristwatch with Guillaume balance and black hour angle dial calibrated for 360°,
Signed Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, movement numbered twice 170'381, case no. 613'559, manufactured in 1936
Cal. 19''' nickel-finished lever movement numbered twice and stamped with the Geneva seal, 21 jewels, Guillaume balance with gold poising screws, swan neck regulator, wolf's tooth winding, black lacquer dial, engraved signature and scales, all filled with off-white varnish, outer luminous Arabic and baton five minute divisions, luminous hands, inner ring calibrated for 360 degrees, large circular case, downturned lugs, snap on back, splittable centre seconds operated through the crown, case, dial and movement signed
55.3 mm. diam.

and being rare means being expensive

Estimate : CHF300,000 - CHF500,000 or ($262,233 - $437,055)

This message has been edited by Bruno.M1 on 2009-04-13 14:11:03

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Did you know ...

By: Bruno.M1 : April 13th, 2009-08:46

That the 2512 - the ancestor of the 5070 was an even bigger watch ? The 2512 , made in the 1950's was a spitsecond chronograph with a 45 mm diameter. 45 mm ! and this in 1950 !! And even bigger , a lot bigger was the Military watch they made in 1936. A st...

Didn't know, Bruno.

By: amanico : April 13th, 2009-08:53

But very interesting... If we speculate on PP Past, we wil maybe see something like that ... PP did it for the WT, they inpsired themselves from this Chrono for the 5070, as you said. Why not enhancing the size, and the movement? The good thing, very posi...

IIRC, it was meant to be an aviator watch,

By: CL : April 13th, 2009-09:22

hence the size 45mm. I could be wrong but that's what I think I remember *CL

There is a large PP aviator for sale at Christies next month

By: watch-guy.com : April 13th, 2009-13:01

thanks

By: Bruno.M1 : April 13th, 2009-14:01

you're right, here's more info ... Text and picture from Christies Lot Description Patek Philippe. An extremely important and probably unique oversize chromed nickel splittable centre seconds aviator prototype wristwatch with Guillaume balance and black h...

and here is another one

By: Bruno.M1 : April 13th, 2009-14:09

Also from 1936 and a huge 56 mm diameter ! SOURCE : Osvaldo Patrizzi - Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches (Volume I & II) btw, 2 books I would like to recommend !...

Very interesting, it has Guillaume balance.

By: CL : April 13th, 2009-14:58

Same as lange Aviator watch. I wonder why Aviator watch used Guillaume balance. *CL

Thanks Bruno for the information........

By: Topcat30093 : April 13th, 2009-23:44

I shall look forward to reading what the Aviator finally goes for in auction. Very interesting about the large size watches back then.

Great info, Bruno

By: Stefano : April 15th, 2009-01:38

I never knew Patek had made such interesting big watches before. I love the 5070 and hope that they'll have something interesting in the next few years with a new hand wound movement.

Thx Bruno. I always admired the vintage 2512.nt

By: arolex : April 15th, 2009-11:15

Thanks for the info Bruno!

By: KCLQMULKU : April 16th, 2009-01:11

Fascinating stuff. Any idea why they made it so big originally?