Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K pink gold chronograph wristwatch with rose dial
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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K pink gold chronograph wristwatch with rose dial

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CO., GENÈVE, REF. 591, MOVEMENT NO. 862'796, CASE NO. 625'418, MANUFACTURED IN 1941

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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K pink gold chronograph wristwatch with rose dial
Signed Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, ref. 591, movement no. 862'796, case no. 625'418, manufactured in 1941
Cal. 13''' mechanical movement, stamped with the Geneva seal, 23 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, rose dial, applied pink gold Roman and dot numerals, railway Arabic five minute divisions, outer tachymetre scale, two subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 30 minutes register, circular case, stepped bezel, slender downturned lugs, snap on back, two rectangular chronograph buttons in the band, 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle, case, dial and movement signed, lug and buckle stamped with foreign import marks
34 mm. diam.
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With Patek Philippe Extract of the Archives confirming production of the present watch with silvery rose dial and raised pink gold numerals and tachymetre scale in 1941 and its subsequent sale on 25 June 1942.

Reference 591 is without question one of Patek Philippe's least known chronograph models. According to research, less than 20 examples of this reference, cased in pink gold, have appeared in public to date, the exceedingly small production rendering it rarer than any other chronograph model of the period.

Reference 591 differs from all other Patek Philippe chronographs by its generous yet subtle case proportions. Its cylindrical body highlighted by a stepped bezel is crowned with four "bean-shaped" lugs with straight sides. Consequently this reference responds particularly badly to insensible polishing as it quickly loses the angle to the bezel and the edges to the lugs.

The present watch is in well-preserved original overall condition, underlined by the full case proportions, its naturally aged rose-coloured dial. Fresh to the market, the present watch is believed to be the nineteenth examples of this reference in pink gold to appear in public to date and only the fourth with such rose dial.

Reference 591 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, second édition, p. 266, pl. 411.