900,000 HKD
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1119373, case No. 331533, Ref. 3448. Made in 1974. Production of this reference started in 1962.Very fine and rare, astronomic, self-winding, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and an 18K white gold five rows link Patek Philippe integrated chain bracelet. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, hidden lugs. matte silver with applied white gold bâton indexes, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Dauphine" white gold hands. Cal. 27-460 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-ompensating free-sprung balance-spring, 18K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.Approx. overall length 190 mm. Notes Ref. 3448Produced in 586 examples from 1962-64 to 1982, with the caliber 27-460 Q, the majo-rity in yellow gold, rarely in pink or white gold. This series began with the serial number 1119000.A unique example of this reference is known to date in platinum. Its movement was made in 1973 and, at the request of the owner, 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 Geneva on April 18-19, 1998, lot 199
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-06-08
