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Patek Philippe white gold wristwatch «Nautilus»
Geneva 2009. White gold 18k. Bull's eye case. Smokey grey-coloured, centrical horizontally embossed dial with applied luminous pin minute scale and minute ring, luminous hands, central second, date window at 3 o'clock. Sapphire glass. Quartz movement. Ref. «7011/1G-010», movement number «3970492/4721741» and Cal. «E23 SC AIG.3». Original link bracelet with butterfly folding clasp. Hallmark, copyright mark and manufacturer's mark.
Matches lot 1296.
H 3,5, W 3,4 cm (watch),
L 20,5 cm (strap). 143,3 g. One replacement link. Original box with outer carton, papers and book.
In 1976, Patek Philippe presented the sporty yet elegant Nautilus, the «enfant terrible» of the collection, to the public. «The case of the Patek Philippe Nautilus is based on the shape of a bull's eye. The name originates from the famous novel ‹Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas› by Jules Verne. The bull's eyes of Captain Nemo's submarine Nautilus had a similar oval shape in some depictions. [...] With the name Nautilus, Patek Philippe therefore emphasised an important feature of the watch: its very high pressure resistance for that time. In advertisements, the Nautilus was displayed on two equipped wrists: ‹It fits a diving suit as well as a dinner jacket.›» from: https://www.watchtime.net/uhren/patek-philippe-nautilus-damals-und-heute.
Invoice: Gübelin AG, Basel, 23.11.2009, invoice amount 25.000 CHF (approx. 26.504 €), in copy.
Provenance: private collection Markgräflerland.

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