"Patek Philippe Vintage 1526 Perpetual Calendar, YG, ca. 1948
$152,500.00
Only 210 examples ever made!
This watch is pristine, in fine condition and functioning perfectly. No box; archival papers.
Movement: mechanical with manual winding; Patek Philippe Caliber; nickel-finish lever; 18 jewels; bimetallic balance; adjusted in 5 positions and; heat and cold isochronism.
Functions: hours, minutes, subsidiary seconds; perpetual calendar (date, day, moon phase).
Case: in 18 karat yellow gold, polished finish; 34 x 11 mm (excl. lugs & crown); yellow gold crown with logo; snap-on case back.
Dial: silvered; applied yellow gold Arabic numerals and cabochon markers; yellow gold leaf-shaped hands; yellow gold seconds hand; blued date hand.
Indications: subsidiary seconds, date and moon phase at 6; day and month windows at 12.
Strap: Patek brown alligator with yellow gold Patek buckle."

"Although Patek Philippe is rightly famous of the leading manufacture of mechanical horology, the firm is also the forefront of the industry as producers of industrial and electronic timekeepers, with its highly accurate master-clocks installed in power stations, hospitals, airports, and other public buildings and factories. The firm clientele has included many of the famous figures across history, including royalty such as Queen Victoria, as well as distinguished scientists, artists, authors and musicians, including Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Charlotte Bronte and Tchaikovsky. Today, clearly most of the firm's production consists of wristwatches, but Patek Philippe retains the ability to produce pocket watches, and clocks to order, from highly complicated movements to those decorated with enameled miniature paintings and engravings. The company continues to patent new inventions and improvements in horology and plays an important role in maintaining the quality , prestige and reputation of the Swiss watch making." [Via Wfeelgoodwatches.com]