PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY FINE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH, RETAILED BY CARTIER

PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY FINE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH, RETAILED BY CARTIER

SIGNED PATEK, PHILIPPE & CO., GENÈVE, ADDITIONALLY SIGNED CARTIER, REF. 1518, MOVEMENT NO. 863’669, CASE NO. 638’780, CARTIER NO. 17544, MANUFACTURED IN 1945

Movement: Manual, balance bridge engraved ‘PXP’

Dial: Silvered, signed by the maker and ‘Cartier’

Case: Late first series, upper left lug with punched Cartier number 17544, 34.5 mm. diam.

With: 18k yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle, Certified by Cartier in 2002, Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1945 and its subsequent sale on 7 August 1946

Remark: The only known reference 1518 double-signed by Cartier with signature and certified