Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 10, 2015

LOT 450

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3563/2 AUTOMATIC BACKWIND WHITE GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1181116, case No. 2684545. Ref. 3563/2. Made circa 1973. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with an integral 18K white gold Patek Philippe hammered mesh bracelet. Accompanied by a Patek Philippe box.

Three-body, textured and brushed, case back fixed with a screwed-down ring, hammered bezel and band repeating the bracelet decoration, back winder, sapphire crystal. Hammered white gold with applied white gold and blue baton indexes. White gold and blue baton hands. Cal. 350, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 28 jewels, straightline lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung blued steel balance-spring.