Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 10, 2015

LOT 489

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3448 YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 1119009, case No. 313779, Ref. 3448. Made in 1964, sold on August 27th, 1964. Very fine and very rare, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, lapidated lugs, snap-on c ase back, sapphire crystal. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton and pyramidal indexes, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary dial for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold dauphine hands. Cal. 27-460 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating blued Breguet balance spring, 18K yellow gold rotor.