Description
The Twenty~4 occupies a singular position in the Patek Philippe catalogue as the manufacture’s dedicated ladies’ quartz collection — a line introduced in 1999 to address the reality that mechanical movements, however technically admirable, are not the only legitimate expression of Swiss horological quality at the highest level. The 4908/11R is the small rectangular model in the Twenty~4 range, its proportions — 22mm wide by 26.3mm tall — placing it firmly in the tradition of the great 20th-century ladies’ dress watches whose case dimensions were calibrated for the wrist rather than the dial. The diamond-set lugs and bracelet configuration represent the 4908/11R at its most jewellery-intensive, a version in which the watch functions as much as a piece of haute joaillerie as a timekeeping instrument, the rose gold and diamonds working together to produce an object of deliberate opulence.
The 22×26.3mm rose gold rectangular case carries diamond-set lugs along both vertical case edges, the stones set in individual rubover mounts running the full lug height. The white dial presents rose gold Roman numerals at twelve and six, with eight individual diamond hour markers at the remaining positions and rose gold leaf hands. The integrated rose gold bracelet with articulated rectangular links and fold-over clasp flows directly from the diamond-set lugs. A Swiss quartz movement powers the watch.
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