Patek Philippe ref. 3525
The Patek Philippe reference 3525, introduced in 1965 and produced until the mid 70s, is very rarely mentioned, but I find it interesting as I tend to see it as a dressy interpretation of the 1954 "Egizianio Piccolo" Panerai Radiomir and a precursor of th...
I always liked this shape! 🥰
The PP is a beauty, altough a bit small for nowadays aspects… Nevertheless ❣️🤩 I bought recently the Nivada Depthmaster because of this small beautiful cushion shape case (and the dial)… ☺️ This shape was common in the 60-ties for many brands… 😉 ...
Interesting point …
I agree, the 3525 is very rarely mentioned and is an interesting reference. Inspired by the past and then reinterpreted by Laurent Ferrier with many dial variations.
This case shape is so beautiful.
It’s soft yet masculine at the same time. I had a radiomir for a while. It felt too large for me. But I did love its shape and design elements. One can clearly see the resemblance.
I’m glad you see the resemblance too.
It’s a very nice shape indeed. Thanks for looking. Best, Emmanuel
As far as I know, it’s one of the only
true cushion-shape cases from PP (with ref. 8). credit: onbehalf ...
Thanks for alerting us to this reference which I was not aware of !
Panerai and LF look very similar to 3525. Based on a google search, Radiomir came out in 1938, earlier than 3525. Is this information correct based on your research ?
I personally found 1936 as date of first model.
Nicolas posted a photo of ref. 2533 which is supposed to be the first ever Radiomir. But I wanted to focus on a model with regular (and not wire) lugs, reason why I chose the ref. 6154 from 1954, which is also anterior to PP’s 3525 and might have been a s...
This Omega seems quite close indeed!
As for the inspiration, it's probably older, you're right (even the Radiomir was first introduced in 1936).