
- Brand: Patek Philippe
- Made: 1953
- Model: 'Riccio'
- Reference: 1491
- Calibre: 12-120
- Movement: Manual
- Material: 18ct yellow gold
- Features: Scroll lugs
- Dial: Off-white dial with outer minute track featuring applied 18ct yellow gold mirror polished hour indices and gold Dauphine hands and subsidiary seconds at 6 o'clock
- Case Dimensions: 34mm
- Bracelet/Strap: Leather strap
- Accessories: Extract from the Archives
- Web reference: 2240
Essay: The reference 1491 was launched by Patek Philippe in 1940 and was made in two versions. The first series housed the calibre 12-120 and featured subsidiary seconds, the second series launched in 1943, housing the calibre 27 SC with centre sweep seconds