CIRCA: 1960

REF.: 2526

CASE NUMBER: 2606891

CASE MATERIAL: 18K pink gold

CASE DIMENSIONS: 36 mm in diameter

DIAL: White enamel dial with yellow gold hour markers

BRACELET MATERIAL: Black alligator Patek Philippe strap with pink gold Patek Philippe buckle

MOVEMENT: Automatic, no. 766802

FUNCTIONS: Time

CALIBER: 12-600 AT



Introduced into the market in 1952, reference 2526 was Patek Philippe's first automatic watch ever made. The model features the legendary calibre 12-600 AT granted Swiss patent No. 289758 in 1953 for "a self-winding mechanism for a wristwatch movement using the energy supplied by a rotary mass causing an eccentric part to transmit a swinging movement to an organ of the mechanism."



The majority of reference 2526s were cased in yellow gold, a small series in pink gold, and very few examples in white gold and platinum. The present example is particularly rare as it is in pink gold and from the second series of the reference.



The watch is fitted with a Patek Philippe pink gold buckle and accompanied by an older strap and extract of the archives.

Dial and hands in excellent condition. Dial likely restored due to the bright white color. Case lightly polished though remains full and substantial, in excellent condition. Movement running at time of cataloging. Overall in excellent condition.

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