Patek Philippe 2453 J HP

Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva Retailed by on the North American market Year circa 1949 Reference 2453 J HP (Heures Penchées or leaning hours) Movement No. 953 515 Calibre 10-200, manual-winding, 18 jewels Case No. 656 852 (by Francis Baumgartner, Geneva) Material/s yellow gold (18-carat) Bracelet leather strap Buckle yellow gold (18-carat) aftermarket pin-buckle Dimensions Ø 33 mm. Thickness 7.5 mm. Signature dial, case and movement Accessories Extract from the Archives Patek Philippe Ref. 2453 J HP (Heures Penchées or leaning hours), fan-shaped lugs, silver dial, ‘Breguet’ Arabic numerals, retailed on the North American market; nicknamed ‘Stepped Foliage Lugs’ by collectors; yellow gold (18-carat) -- A wristwatch, with unusual lugs and ‘Breguet’ Arabic numerals, the only one known in this configuration -- Yellow gold (18-carat), manual-winding, round-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and unusual lugs. -- Case: two-piece, polished and satin-finished, rounded profile case-band extended by a stepped flat inclined bezel, wide overhanging stepped fan-shaped inverted lugs (or in the shape of lily petals), snap-on case-back; polished crown. Dial: silver colour, with yellow gold applied suspended ‘Breguet’ Arabic numerals, external minute track divided five by five with ‘perlé’ beaded dots; yellow gold thin ‘Feuille’ leaf-shaped hands. Movement: calibre 10-200, manual-winding, 18 jewels, rhodium-plated with ‘fausses côtes’ decoration, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, Glucydur screw-balance, self-compensating Breguet hairspring, polished steel index-regulator with spring and micrometric screw, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions. Movement stamped ‘HOX’, the American importer’s code for Patek Philippe, indicating that this watch was retailed on the US market. -- The Extract from the Archives, dated September 1st, 2020, mentions that this watch was made in 1949 and sold on May 22, 1950.