YEAR: 1947
CASE MATERIAL: Stainless steel with characteristic teardrop lugs
DIAMETER: 35 mm.
STRAP MATERIAL: Black leather strap
DIAL: Silvered with the Patek Philippe long signature, raised gold hour-markers
MOVEMENT: Caliber 12-120 PS, manual
FUNCTIONS: Time, small seconds
BUCKLE: Steel buckle
WITH: Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming the date of manufacture in 1947 and its subsequent sale on 30 September, 1947

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The Ref. 1503, a stylish manual-winding wristwatch, was introduced by Patek Philippe in 1941 and featured a 35 mm. wide, which was quite big for a dress watch in the 1940s. The present example has a restored silvered dial and the longer Patek Philippe & Co. signature, seen on watches made before 1948.

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