Patek Philippe 2476 R HL

Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva Retailed by Hausmann & Co., Rome (Italy) Year circa 1952 Reference 2476 R HL (Heures Lapidées or lapidated hours) Movement No. 974 786 Calibre 9-90, manual-winding, 18 jewels Case No. 512 888 (by Georges Croisier, Geneva) Material/s pink gold (18-carat) Bracelet leather strap Buckle Pink gold (18-carat) pin-buckle, Signed Dimensions 26 x 39mm. Thickness 9.6mm. Signature dial, case and movement Accessories Extract from the Archives Patek Philippe Ref. 2476 R HL (Heures Lapidées or lapidated hours), overhanging curved lugs, silver dial, lapidated indexes; made for the Italian market, retailed by Hausmann & Co.; nicknamed ‘Half Hooded’, ‘monochrome pink’ by collectors; pink gold (18-carat) -- A rare reference in pink gold with around a dozen known in pink gold, this being the only one known with this double signature -- Pink gold (18-carat), manual-winding, vertical rectangular-shaped with square-shaped bezel, curved gentleman’s wristwatch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock. -- Case: two-piece, polished and satin-finished, the ends of the bezel become one with the lugs, the whole slightly curved, overhanging and following the shape of the case, snap-on case-back; polished crown. Case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the mention ‘La / Banca Nazionale / del Lavoro / al dr. Ignazio Buglioni / di Monale / 1923-53’. Dial: silver colour, with pink gold applied radiating lapidated indexes; pink gold ‘Bâton’ hands. Movement: calibre 9-90, manual-winding, 18 jewels, rhodium-plated with ‘fausses côtes’ decoration, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance, blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator with spring and micrometric screw. -- The Extract from the Archives, dated August 3rd, 2023, mentions that this watch was made in 1952 and sold on February 28, 1953.