18ct yellow gold Patek Philippe Hunter case, perpetual calendar minute repeating pocket watch, retailed by BEYER. Made 1982

Information

• Brand: Patek Philippe
• Made: 1982
• Model: Full Hunter
• Reference: 881/1
• Calibre: 17"'
• Movement: Manual
• Material: 18ct yellow gold
• Features/complications: Minute repeating, perpetual calendar pocket watch with moon phases
• Dial: White dial with outer minute track featuring baton hour markers. Subsidiary seconds and date at 6 o'clock, months of the year with 4 year count (including leap year) at 3 o'clock, days of the week at 9 o'clock and phases of the moon at 12 o'clock
• Case Dimensions: 50mm
• Bracelet/Strap: N/A
• Accessories: Box and Extract from the Archives 
• SKU: 3266

Essay

Patek Philippe is a Swiss luxury watch brand that has been around since 1839 and since then, has achieved global recognition for its exceptional craftsmanship. The company is renowned for the Graves Super-complication, a pocket watch that held the title of the world's most complex watch for 50 years. However it was in 1889 when Patek first patented their famously known perpetual calendar mechanism, and continued to popularize complications such as the split-seconds hand, chronograph, and minute repeater in mechanical watches.