Patek Philippe's first-ever minute repeating wristwatch to go under the hammer at Christie's

NEW DELHI: Christie's will be auctioning American banker Henry Graves Jr.'s first-ever minute repeating wristwatch by Patek Philippe and the only known Gobbi retailed ref Henry Graves Jr.'s unique yellow gold tonneau minute repeating wristwatch of 1927 is the first and earliest in his collection of approximately 30 watches by the prestigious Swiss manufacturer Patek Philippe It is also the brands earliest known minute repeating wristwatch.

Made in 1953 and sold in April 1957 to Patek Philippe's distinguished retailer Gobbi in Milan, the reference 2523 is part of an exceedingly small series of dual crown world time wristwatches It is thought that only seven reference 2523 dual-crown world time wristwatches in pink gold were ever made It is the only known example of reference 2523 to be double signed by both Patek Philippe and Gobbi.

It is only the fifth pink gold reference 2523 ever to be offered at auction and one of only two known pieces to have the translucent blue enamel centre to the dial, fully confirmed by Patek Philippe's Extract from the Archives. . Source