Patek Philippe 703R

Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva Model Art Deco dress-watch Retailed by Eberhard, Milan (Italy) Year circa 1939 Reference 703 R Movement No. 880 732 Calibre 17’’’, manual-winding, 18 jewels Case No. 619 705 (by Edouard Wenger, Geneva) Material/s pink gold (18-carat) Dimensions Ø 45.1 mm. Thickness 9 mm. Weight 57.1 gr. (approx.) Signature dial, case and movement Accessories Extract from the Archives Patek Philippe for Eberhard Ref. 703 R, Art Deco dress-watch, pink dial, Roman numerals, made for the Italian market, retailed by Eberhard; nicknamed ‘pink on pink’ -- Pink gold (18-carat), open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, thin Art Deco pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock. Winding and time-setting by the crown on the pendant. -- Case: three-piece, ‘carrure plate’, polished and satin-finished; rectangular-shaped screwed bow. Inside case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the mention ‘Gino e mina / 28-8-1940’. Dial: pink colour, with pink gold applied suspended Roman numerals (III-IX-XII) and lapidated pyramidal-shaped square radiating indexes (at 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11 o’clock); external minute track divided five by five with black painted radiating lines; pink gold ‘Bâton’ hands. Movement: calibre 17’’’, manual-winding, 18 jewels, rhodium-plated with ‘fausses côtes’ decoration, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws, blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw, Geneva Quality Hallmark (‘Poinçon de Genève’ / Geneva Seal). -- The Extract from the Archives, dated January 16, 2004, mentions that this watch was made in 1939 and sold on October 09, 1939.