15,000 CHF
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3558, YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 1230449, case No. 2695315, Ref. 3558. Made circa 1971. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and an 18K yellow gold detachable Patek Philippe bracelet. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, lapidated lugs, inclined bezel, screw-down back. Satiné gold with applied black gold baton indexes, subsidiary seconds dial, outer minute divisions, aperture for the date. Black oxydised gold baton hands. Cal. 27-460M, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, stamped twice with the Geneva Quality Seal, 37 jewels, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Property of a German Collector Notes This watch was fully serviced by Patek Philippe in 2005. This watch is illustrated on page 152 in the book "Patek Philippe - Kult-Objekt & Wert-Anlage" by J. Michael Mehltretter.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-05-13