{"product_id":"patek-philippe-tegolino-dress-watch-as08222","title":"Patek Philippe 'Tegolino' Dress Watch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThough the famous Calatrava is — for good reason — perhaps the best known of Patek Philippe’s incredible dress watches, there are myriad others that deserve recognition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFrom the rectangular Gondolo to the curvaceous Golden Ellipse, these timepieces, though simple in design, beg a closer look for their classic proportions and strict attention to detail. Patek has been producing such wristwatches for roughly a century of its 180-plus years, and shows no signs of slowing down.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe particular dress watch we have here, however, is special: Dating to the middle of World War II, it’s a Reference 425 with a ‘Tegolino’ rectangular case. This reference debuted in 1934 and was in production until 1960 when it was superseded by the Reference 2461 — quite a run for a single model, if you ask us. Art Deco-inspired and classically handsome, it stood alongside the Calatrava Reference 96 in the Patek catalog as one of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003emaison’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e flagship dress watches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHoused in a 20mm yellow gold ‘Tegolino’ case with a faceted acrylic crystal, and a signed crown, it features a glossy black 'gilt' dial with applied gold indices, a matching \u003cem\u003edauphine\u003c\/em\u003e handset, a sub-seconds register at 6:00, and Patek Philippes Calibre 9'90 hand-cranking movement within.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSurely, if you can find a more compelling time-only dress watch to tell us about, we’re all ears. But if not, may we suggest this ‘Tegolino!’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patek Philippe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40124966240343,"sku":"40930218","price":10900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/products\/AS08222_40930218_PATEkPHILIPPE_TEGLINO_425_20MM_-5.jpg?v=1677514728","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/patek-philippe-tegolino-dress-watch-as08222","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}