41,400 HKD
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1113404, case No. 2635230, Ref. 3425. Production of this reference started in 1960.Very fine self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch. two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down case back, concave bezel. matte silver with applied gold bâton indexes, auxiliary seconds dial. "Bâton" yellow gold hands. Cal. 27-460, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, 18K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Notes Ref. 3425A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe, Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, p. 218.From 1953 to circa 1959, references 2526, 2540, 2551, 2552, 2583, 2584, 2585, 3403, 3415, and 3425 bore cal. 12'''-600 movements. After 1959, they were equipped with cal. 27'''-460, as were Ref. 3415 and 3425 later.Cal. 27'''-460 was the movement used for all automatic wristwatches, and 27'''-460 Q for perpetual calendar watches.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-06-08
