製造商: Patek Philippe 年份: 1953 型號: 2508 機芯編號: 702'750 錶殼號碼: 676'453 型號名稱: Calatrava étanche 材料: 18K yellow gold 機芯: Manual, cal 27SC, 18 jewels, stamped "HOX" and twice with the Geneva Seal 錶帶/ 錶鏈: Patek Philippe leather strap 錶扣: 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe pin buckle 尺寸: 34.5mm Diameter 簽名: Case, dial, movement and buckle signed 配件: Accompanied by Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1953 with radium and raised gold indexes and its subsequent sale on December 1, 1953
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Launched in 1951, reference 2508 was quite a large timepiece, considering the fashion of the time. Boasting a 35.5mm case, the watch was intended for a more intensive and professional use than the usual Patek Philippe dress watch, even featuring a screw-down case back, enabling the watch to be water resistant - a feature found in a small minority of the vintage Patek Philippe production. Reference 2508 most notably features center seconds thanks to calibre 27SC (SC for Secondes au Centre), unarguably one of the most appreciated vintage manually-wound center seconds calibers made by any manufacturer (and the base for the movements used in some of the most hallowed complicated Patek Philippe vintage pieces such as ref. 2497).
The present example is fresh to the market and offered by a distinguished Swiss lady. The watch was treated with utmost respect throughout its entire life and has only recently undergone a conservative restoration at Patek Philippe which brought both case and dial back to their original splendour. The presence of luminous numerals - confirmed by the Patek Philippe archives - is an additional layer of appeal for the connoisseur of fine timepieces.
Since its founding in 1839, this famous Geneva-based firm has been surprising its clientele with superbly crafted timepieces fitted with watchmaking's most prestigious complications. Traditional and conservative designs are found across Patek Philippe's watches made throughout their history — the utmost in understated elegance.
Well-known for the Graves Supercomplication — a highly complicated pocket watch that was the world’s most complicated watch for 50 years — this family-owned brand has earned a reputation of excellence around the world. Patek's complicated vintage watches hold the highest number of world records for results achieved at auction compared with any other brand. For collectors, key models include the reference 1518, the world's first serially produced perpetual calendar chronograph, and its successor, the reference 2499. Other famous models include perpetual calendars such as the ref. 1526, ref. 3448 and 3450, chronographs such as the reference 130, 530 and 1463, as well as reference 1436 and 1563 split seconds chronographs. Patek is also well-known for their classically styled, time-only "Calatrava" dress watches, and the "Nautilus," an iconic luxury sports watch first introduced in 1976 as the reference 3700 that is still in production today.
