$43,700
Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 1119177, case No. 328463, Ref. 3448, circa 1972. Very fine astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases. massive, polished, satined. matt silver with applied yellow gold indexes, graduation for the clays of the month, apertures for the clays of the week, the months and the lunations. "Dauphine " yellow gold hands. 27-460 Q Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 37 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, 18K gold rotor. Diam. 37 mm. Notes Ref. 3448 Produced in 586 examples, the majority in yellow gold, very few in pink or white gold, from 1962 to 1982. A unique example is known to date in platinum. Its movement was made in 1973 and, at the request of the client, was cased in platinum by Patek Philippe, with sapphire indexes on the dial, and delivered on 9 January 1997. This watch was sold by Antiquorum, Geneve, 18-19 April 1998, for SFr. 201'500 (US$ 133,100).
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-06-20
