Patek Philippe 18K White Gold TV Case Integrated Bracelet Ref. 3528/1 (circa early 1970s) NV and a squircle champagne dial

and a squircle champagne dial with black elongated romans and leaf hands

these watches had 3 pursuits: rotating the unwieldy vertical bias of watches to horizontal (from straddling wrist bone to avoiding it… ergonomics FTW

hence the name mini tonneau

bezel only turned anti-clockwise which means its functioning properly as its a dive watch with such watches usually getting beat up like mad

Patek Philippe 18K White Gold TV Case Integrated Bracelet Ref. 3528/1 (circa early 1970s) NV and a squircle champagne dialWHY WE CURATED IT: A very uncommon Patek with little known beyond the ref number and a striking TV case. Sometimes referred to as Gondola Gemma but we are skeptical as those are very different. When they do show up, theyre mostly with silver champagne golden dials, a couple in blue, but never before in this very rare matte dark grey dial (if you find any others, please let us know!). An absolute stunner on the wristperfectly proportioned, ultra thin,