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PP Museum inventory number P-110
Wristwatch with digital linear time display (PP Museum inventory number: P-110)
Highly modified PP movement 9'''90 (9-90) made in 1958 by Louis Cottier (1894-1966)
Case design by Gilbert Albert in 1959
Gilbert Albert (1930-2019) was a Swiss jeweler. He worked for Patek Philippe from 1955 to 1962.
He was the most rewarded Diamonds International Awards jeweler; which he received 10 times; three for Patek Philippe, two for Omega and five under his own workshop.
Modified 9-90 (by Louis Cottier) movement to the left
Case design by Gilbert Albert
Watch described and depicted in the book; Patek Philippe the authorized biography (by Nicholas Foulkes) 2016, ISBN 978-1-848-09462-8
I had a chance to see this PP watch from a watch magazine.
The magazine is about important watches for the last 100 years. Unfortunately I didn’t take a picture of the book cover. But here’s a picture of a PP watch I took. Moderator pls delete my post if it is not appropriate. It’s called cobra and is a prototype...
That's a very interesting Patek which helped inspire an Urwerk watch design.
Thanks for sharing! The Urwerk UR-CC1 layout was inspired in part by this Patek Cobra and also a vintage Dodge instrument panel. The CC in CC1 stands for Cottier Cobra. See the article below for more information. Image from Monochrome ...
PP Museum inventory number P-110
44 x 27mm PATEK PHILIPPE ref. 3414 (prototype nicknamed "Cobra"), yellow gold, year 1959 Wristwatch with digital linear time display (PP Museum inventory number: P-110) Highly modified PP movement 9'''90 (9-90) made in 1958 by Louis Cottier (1894-1966) Ca...
An amazing crowd of watch lovers!
Everyone beat me to it! I really liked the Urwerk when they debuted their version inspired on the Patek Philippe Cobra. That's when I first got to know the Cobra.
Thanks for posting this highly unusal and yet unique reference ! Wish that Patek did...
make this watch into production !
Thank you for all your information.
Really informative and very interesting to know more about this reference.
