Yellow gold 35mm case with off white / cream raised enamel dial, gold baton hour markers and hands along with gold crown. Fitted to a brown leather strap with signed Patek Philippe buckle.

Watch: Patek Philippe 1578
Stock Number: CHW4707

What makes this Patek Phillipe Calatrava so special, rare and collectable? The watch itself is in immaculate condition throughout having clearly been very well looked after over the years. The dial is exceptional in its quality and condition with the watch being original. What makes this particular watch even more collectable and sought after is the fact it comes accompanied with its ORIGINAL Patek Philippe papers, presented in the original envelope. Staggering to think this has lasted since 1958 and to complete the set its presented in its original box too. These papers are the Original papers and not a later extract from the Patek Philippe Archive.

Dated 1958 the 25th October to be precise. Movement number 706838. This watch was last seen for sale publicly at a Christies auction in 2004 (as documented).

Yellow gold 35mm case with off white / cream raised enamel dial, gold baton hour markers and hands along with gold crown. Fitted to a brown leather strap with signed Patek Philippe buckle.

What made the 1578 that little bit different at the time were those beautiful so called spider lugs. Manual Wind operating from the well respected 27SC calibre this particular model produced for just a short period of time have become a collectors favourite and the fact it has those oruginal papers could quite possible make this one of or at best one of a handful of this model available anywhere and its here in London available now.