23,000 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, Calatrava,No. 1111458, case No. 312683, Ref. 3438, circa 1961.Very fine and rare, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with leather strap and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Two-body, solid, polished, flat bezel, concave lugs. matte silver with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. “Bâton” yellow gold hands. Cal. 27-460, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, “fausses côtes” decoration,37 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 31 mm. Notes Ref. 3438Production of this reference started in 1960.Poinçons de GenèveThe voluntary quality control of watches at the Geneva Observatory, was established by a law dated November 6, 1886. Conditions were laid down for the attribution and stamping of the Poinçons de Genève, punch-marks designed as the coat-of-arms of Geneva. Pocket watches, or wristwatches which carry the Poinçons de Genève, considered as an equivalent to a Bulletin Officiel de Marche, punched on a bridge and on the main plate of the movement, were qualified to be officially termed “chronometers”.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-04-02
