106,200 HKD
Ref. 3433 “Yellow Gold” Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1112177, case No. 2624240, Ref. 3433. Made in the 1970’s. Very fine and rare, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down case back, stepped and concave bezel, fluted lugs. Brushed gold with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer dot minute markers, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. Cal. 27-460, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating freesprung Breguet balance-spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Notes Ref. 3433 Production of this reference started in 1960. A similar watch is published in “Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches” by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2005, vol II, pp. 215-216.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-02
