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A Museum-Quality Pink Gold Patek Philippe Reference 1518 Will Hit the Block This June

This holy grail timepiece will be offered in Phillips' New York Watch Auction: XIV sale alongside an exceptional 18k Ref. 6239 Champagne “Paul Newman” Daytona and a Tourbillon Souverain Anniversaire “Hong Kong” No. 1.

The Patek Philippe Reference 1518 occupies a specific and significant place in horological history as the first perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch ever produced in series. The atelier introduced it in 1941, in the thick of World War II and at a moment when most watchmakers were keeping things simple. The 1518 embraced complexity, and the references that followed in its wake—the 2499, the 3970, the 5970 and........

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