207,750 CHF
PATEK REF. 3651 CHRONOGRAPH 4TH EXAMPLE EVER TO APPEAR Patek, Philippe & Cie, Genève, Nr. 869047, case Nr. 2839147, Ref. 3651. Movement made in 1961, cased by Patek Philippe in 1986. Fine and extremely rare, waterproof, 18K gold wristwatch with chronograph, register and tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by correspondence between the owner and Patek Philippe and 2 extract from the archives. Three-body, waterproof, massive, polished and satined. Silver with applied gold baton indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 30 minutes register, concentric tachometer graduation. 'Feuille' gold hands. 13"', rhodiumed, 'fausses-cotes' decoration, 23 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, Breguet balance-spring, mivrometer regulator. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 35 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. KNOWN EXAMPLES OF REFERENCE 3651 • Movement 868306, case 2'839'142 Christies, Geneve, May 15, 2010, Lot 109 • Movement 863596, case 2'839'143, Antiquorum, Geneve, December 10, 1988, Lot 157 • Movement 863448, case 2'839'144 Christies, Geneve, November 9, 2014, Lot 95 • Movement 869047, case 2'839'147, the present lot • Movement unknown, case 2'839'xxx, private collection Believed to be done in 3 examples until now, this watch with CASE NUMBER 2'839'147 suggests that at least 7 examples were made. Another one was recently seen in a private collection proving that at least 5 have been physically ac
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2016-05-15
