Pocket Watch Lepine Yellow Gold / Geneva Old Town

Patek Philippe Pocket Watch Lepine Yellow Gold / Geneva Old Town

Patek Philippe · Pocket Watches

The Pocket Watch Lepine Yellow Gold / Geneva Old Town has an integrated bracelet: standard watch bands do not fit this model.

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Lug width
integrated bracelet
Case diameter
44 mm
Reference
992/165J
Family
Pocket Watches
Year
2015 - 2015

Why no standard band fits this one

On the Pocket Watch Lepine Yellow Gold / Geneva Old Town the bracelet is drawn as part of the case: the first link continues the case profile instead of sitting in a gap between two lugs. There is no lug width to match, so there is no size to order, and a band bought by millimetres will not go in whatever the number.

It is not a rare way to build a watch. 158 Patek Philippe references in the database are built this way, and across every brand it is 6.1% of the catalogue. What replaces the bracelet is a band cut to this case, shaped to close the opening the way the bracelet did.

Why no strap fits an integrated bracelet →