345,000 HKD
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1119008,case No. 313778, Ref. 3448, circa 1964.Very fine astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and skeleton luminescent hands, leather strap and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle, in original black leather fitted box. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, triangular lugs. matte silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months, the leap year and the moon phases. “Dauphine” radiumed yellow gold hands. Cal. 27-460 Q, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodiumplated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 37 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, 18K gold rotor.Diam. 37 mm. Notes The present watch bears “Dauphine” radiumed hands with movement number 1119008. We may presume that this watch is the 9th model of this series and that, at the beginning, the reference 3448 was created with radiumed hands, modified then to regular “Dauphine” hands.In the mid-1960's, manufactures started to replace radium coating of the hands and numerals of the watches with tritium coating. As a matter of fact, they had noticed that radiumed dials were slightly radioactive.Ref. 3448Produced in 586 examples from 1962-64 to 1982, with the calibre 27-460Q, the majority in yellow gold, rarely in pink or white gold.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-06-05
