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The Patek Philippe ref. 5489 and two trapezoid cousins

This is my third thread involving or dedicated to the Patek Philippe ref. 5489 'Trapèze', a watch which I've never seen for real yet, but which has somehow gotten under my skin. The two previous threads can be found here:

• Patek - 3 Gondolos
• Patek Philippe ref. 5489

This time I want to focus on the rose gold model, ref. 5489R-001, because @petitsamourai, on IG, has allowed me to use his very beautiful photos.

And I would like to show some family resemblance with two other trapezoid watches: the LeCoultre ref. 2406 (or Jaeger-LeCoultre ref. 390) and an unreferenced model from Wittnauer.

Enjoy!

A/ PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5489R-001 (photos credit: @petitsamourai)

1/ With olive green calf strap

2/ With black alligator strap

credit: @petitsamourai

B/ LECOULTRE REF. 2406 & JAEGER-LECOULTRE REF. 390

1/ LeCoultre ref. 2406

credit: @fldx_clavi

credit: @petitsamourai with LeCoultre courtesy of @fldx_clavi

credit: @blommanwatchreport

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credit: collectors watch company 

2/ Jaeger-LeCoultre ref. 390

Jaeger-LeCoultre 1963 European catalogue

credit: blommanwatchesreport 

Ad from 1961 showing that LeCoultre was 'a division of Longines-Wittnauer' in the US (if you want more information about this, please check this page from The Blomman Watch Report)

credit: blommanwatchreport   

C/ WITTNAUER UNREFERENCED TRAPEZOID MODEL

credit: Mission Gallery Antiques San Diego (on Ebay)

credit: BoteekUneek on Etsy