Patek Philippe 1526
1526 Perpetual Calendar popped up at Christie's. Always exciting to see one of these pieces of art appreciated....
First of all welcome here !
Always glad to see a new member and happy to see he has obviously very good taste If you want, tell us a bit more about you, about the kind of watches you like, about your collection... It is always nice to have some idea about the friends we are talking ...
Thank You
The welcoming is much appreciated. Too early in my career to have much of a collection. While this beauty will likely always be out of reach, I am certainly drawn to simple appearing pieces that possess a distinct complexity nonetheless.
That is some nice perpetual calendar.
Very crip pictures , really legible dial. Cheers. Thanks for posting this gem. Geross.
Welcome! 1526 is a bit of an enigma to me. It is beautiful. It is the first perpetual calendar watch ever made in series by any company,
Only 210 examples and it is in a classic Calatrava case. Despite all this, it is available in YG for much less money than one would think it would cost. Don't know why. Maybe because it is "only" 34 mm, or maybe because so few mint ones come up at auction...
34mm was considered very large during that era.
Modern large sizes are really irrelevant to the great collectibles of the past. Can always make more bigger watches but the past is history.
Exactly right which is why I would be happy to own one. And it is why I wrote "only" 34mm in quotation marks.
I believe there is a differentiation in prices of vintage Pateks based on size. Ref 96 was the standard size of 31mm. Ref 570 at 35 mm all things equal sells for substantially more. Same for vintage WTs, chronos, etc. So while 34mm sounds great I believe ...
Dream watch and very tempting...
So I stopped by Christies to examine it in person. It was lovely, but this piece was not for me. Now I have 269 left to choose from. Also disappointing was that the Christies's Coffee bar was closed. They make a good macchiato. So I stopped by La Maison d...