AR / ITEM / 00100493
Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 in Steel, No. 1
This 1943 watch is the first of four known steel reference 1518s, identified by the digit “1” engraved beneath the case number; archival research records a 1944 sale to retailer Joseph Lang in Budapest.
- Date
- 1943
- Catalogue
- Patek Philippe reference 1518
Plate not recorded
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Record
This 1943 watch is the first of four known steel reference 1518s, identified by the digit “1” engraved beneath the case number; archival research records a 1944 sale to retailer Joseph Lang in Budapest. It sold for CHF 11,002,000 at Phillips in 2016 and returned in 2025 to achieve CHF 14,190,000. The object is individually identifiable rather than merely an example of its model, which is important for Arcarel’s object-level record. The cited Phillips source supplies the key provenance, event or institutional facts used here. No unnamed buyer or owner has been inferred, and fields not established by the source are left blank. Its significance comes from the combination of the physical watch and the documented people, events, institutions or market history attached to this specific specimen.
- Culture
- Swiss
- Medium
- stainless steel
- Origin
- Switzerland
In the Tapestry
- Made by
- Patek PhilippeA
- Associated with
- Joseph LangA
Sources
- A
Phillips, 'The Stainless-Steel Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar Chronograph Ref. 1518'
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