62,100 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1111684, case No. 2614560, Ref. 3428. Production of this reference started in 1960. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, self-winding, 18K pink gold gentleman’s wrist-watch with an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe bracelet à petites mailles. Two-body solid, polished, screwed-down case back, rounded bezel, concave lugs. Off-white soft enamelwith applied pink gold bâton indexes, subsidiary seconds. Pink gold "Dauphine" hands. Cal. 27-460, stampedwith the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 37 jewels,straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronismand 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, 18Kyellow gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.Approx. overall length 185 mm.Ref. 3428. Notes Ref. 3428. Successor to Ref. 2526, which was first launched by Patek Philippe in 1953, and was the first self-winding wristwatch model ever made by the company.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
