Details
CIRCA: 1953
CASE MATERIAL: 18K gold
DIAMETER: 26 mm wide, 42 mm overall length
STRAP MATERIAL: Black crocodile leather. This endangered species strap is shown for display purposes only and is not for sale. Upon sale, this watch will be supplied to the buyer with a calf leather trap (not shown).
DIAL: Silvered
MOVEMENT: Manual
FUNCTIONS: Time, seconds
CALIBER: 9’’’-90
WITH: 18k gold Patek Philippe buckle, Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with raised gold hour-markers in 1953 and its subsequent sale on 16 December 1953.



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Consigned by a private European collector this watch is preserved in good condition and has never been offered in public before.

Reference 2442 was introduced into the market in 1948 and could be found in Patek Philippe sales catalogues until circa 1960. Majority cased in yellow or pink gold, only three examples in platinum are known to scholars thus far. Total production number is estimated at around 150 examples. The model features the 9-90 rectangular calibre, reserved exclusively for rectangular Patek Philippe models.

The model is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 1998, p. 136, pl. 193.

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