Paul Picot watch, Atelier collection - Automatic with date display — NOS with original set, black dial, 38mm - 4026F

Product Description
Paul Picot Atelier, 38 mm Swiss Made automatic steel watch with a black dial and date at 3 o'clock. Fine knurled bezel and caseback profile, wire lugs, sapphire crystal. NOS example, from the remaining stock of our jewelry store, formerly an official Paul Picot retailer. Original set, brown leather strap handmade in Italy with signed buckle. Engraved and numbered caseback N° 420.

FULL DESCRIPTION 
The 38 mm classic from the Le Noirmont manufacture
The Atelier is the collection with which Paul Picot put into production its idea of a classic watch: no complications to show off, no stylistic excesses, but a carefully crafted case and a dial designed to be read. It is the line in which the Swiss Jura manufacture worked by subtraction, entrusting the personality of the watch to just two details — the fine knurling that runs around the bezel and the wire lugs — which are enough to make this model recognizable from a distance.
The 38 mm diameter is today the most requested size on the market: large enough to have a presence on the wrist, small enough to disappear under the cuff of a shirt. A watch that can be worn with a jacket or a T-shirt without changing register.
This example is NOS — New Old Stock: it is not a used watch, but a piece that was never sold, remaining in our warehouse stock from the years when the jewelry store was an official Paul Picot retailer. It retains the original tag with the double price in lire and euros — L. 2,880,000 / €1,487 — a direct testimony of the currency transition period in which the watch was delivered.

The case
Round stainless steel case, 38 mm in diameter, polished to a mirror finish. The bezel is finished with a dense vertical knurling, faithfully repeated on the edge of the caseback: it is the visual signature of the Atelier collection and gives the case a handcrafted character that a simple polish would not have.
The lugs are wire-style, soldered to the case and not machined from the block: a more expensive construction solution, typical of classic watchmaking, which lightens the profile and allows the strap to better follow the curvature of the wrist. Knurled crown protected by an integrated shoulder in the side of the case.
Sapphire crystal and screw-down solid caseback, engraved in a circle with the indications STAINLESS STEEL · SAPPHIRE · SWISS MADE · REG. MOD., the Paul Picot Genève signature, the 4026 F reference and the individual number N° 420.

The dial
Deep black dial, with luminescent Arabic numerals in an ivory shade around the entire twelve hours — an uncommon solution and much more readable than the classic alternation of indices/numbers. Railway minute scale on the inner track, with the 60, 15, 30 and 45 references highlighted.
Date at 3 o'clock with a black disc and white numerals, matching the dial: a finishing detail that many watchmakers in the same segment solved with a cheaper white disc with a strong contrast.
Paul Picot signature and AUTOMATIC wording below 12 o'clock, Atelier collection logo in cursive above 6 o'clock, SWISS MADE at the bottom. Gold-tone luminescent baton hands and central seconds hand.

The movement
Swiss automatic center-winding movement, with date. Winding occurs with the natural movement of the wrist, without the need for daily manual winding, and the mechanics are the robust and proven ones of series Swiss watchmaking — serviceable by any watchmaker and with spare parts easily available, an element that is anything but secondary on a watch intended to last decades.

Functions: hours, minutes, central seconds, date.

The strap
Original Paul Picot brown leather strap, handmade in Italy — the "Handmade" wording is embossed on the inside, along with the Paul Picot signature — with ecru contrast stitching and signed steel buckle. It is the equipment provided by the Maison for this reference and has never been worn on the wrist.

Operating condition
The watch is presented in like-new condition, without signs of wear on the case, dial, and strap, with the original tag still attached, and it is perfectly functioning in all its indications, including the date.

TECHNICAL DATA SHEET
Brand — Paul Picot
Collection — Atelier
Reference — 4026F
Number — 420
Condition — NOS — New Old Stock, never sold
Case material — Stainless steel
Case shape — Round
Case diameter — 38 mm
Bezel — Fixed, fine knurling
Lugs — Wire-style
Caseback — Solid, engraved and numbered
Crystal — Sapphire
Dial — Black, luminescent Arabic numerals, railway minute scale
Date — At 3 o'clock, black disc with white numerals
Functions — Hours, minutes, central seconds, date
Movement — Automatic, Swiss Made
Crown — Knurled
Strap — Brown Paul Picot leather, handmade in Italy, signed buckle
Origin — Swiss Made
Gender — Men's
Original list price — L. 2,880,000 / €1,487

INCLUDED ACCESSORIES
Original Paul Picot box
Original documentation
Original price tag
Original leather strap with signed buckle

WARRANTY
The watch is sold with a 24-month warranty from our jewelry store on its operation.