During its more than thirty years of production, the Patek Philippe ref. 570 was cased in predominantly in yellow gold and rarely in pink gold, white gold, stainless steel and platinum. All cases for the reference were made by Antoine Gerlach, a prolific mid-century casemaker company, known for producing watch cases with beautiful sharp case lines, as seen on the reference 96, 3448 and pocket watch reference 844.

Over the course of time, the production of the reference 570 has evolved to manifest a multitude of dial variations, combined with either subsidiary or sweep centre seconds, the latter with calibre 12 SC or 27 SC. The present reference 570 features a very rare case, dial and movement combination.

The pink gold case houses an exquisite “two-tone” pink dial with Arabic and baton numerals. The enamel signature and outer minute ring on the dial remain beautifully raised even with the passage of time. Inside the case, it is driven by the first series manual calibre 12'''120 SC, a sophisticated indirect centre seconds mechanism modified by Victorin Piguet, which is one of the earliest movements to feature central sweep seconds in the history of watchmaking.

To the best of our knowledge, only 36 examples of reference 570 in pink gold with pink dial are known publicly on the auction market, and only 5 examples were fitted with an indirect seconds mechanism.

Remarkably elegant, iconic and rare, the present “pink on pink” example is preserved in excellent condition with beautiful proportions, and well-preserved brushed and polished surfaces. It is further enhanced by a very crisp initials engraving “J.P.C.” on the case back, and strong hallmarks on the case band and upper left lug.