$7,800
Ellipse d'Or Patek Philippe, Genève, "Ellipse d'Or", No. 1329391, case No. 547664, Ref. 3858. Made circa 1980. Fine and rare, oval, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box. Two-body, solid, polished, concealed lugs, sapphire crystal. Satiné blue with applied yellow gold baton indexes. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 215, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating free-sprung flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 30 x 34 mm. Thickness 6 mm. Notes Ellipse Launched in 1968, the Ellipse represented the ultimate dress watch. A subtle mix of elegance (the perfect combination of the rounded yellow gold case shape and the striking blue dial) and thinness, it was best represented by Reference 3748 with its perfect oval proportions. Over the years Patek Philippe developed this classic with variations on case shape (from lady's size to jumbo and from oval to a more rectangular shape) and movements (from manual-wind to self-winding and quartz). Interestingly, Reference 3858, with a hexagonal case shape, has never before been sold at Antiquorum and to the best of our knowledge has never previously appeared at auction.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-06-18
