PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE 18K GOLD RETANGULAR WRISTWATCH WITH BREGUET NUMERALS SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CO, GENEVE, REF. 452, MOVEMENT NO. 831'447, CASE NO. 504'297, MANUFACTURED IN 1937 Movement: Cal. 9"90, manual, 18 jewels, signed Dial: Signed Case: Snap on back, 22 mm. wide, 37.5 mm. overall length, signed With: Associated gilt buckle, Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with raised Breguet numerals in 1937 and its subsequent sale on 16 March 1938
Reference 452 was launched in 1936 and produced only for two or three years. Today it is known exclusively in yellow gold or in platinum. To the best of our knowledge only 8 examples are known to date and 4 out of them with Breguet numerals.