Important Watches, Collector's Wrist...

Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2001

LOT 182

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 790334, case No. 2623423, Ref. 3430/1. Produced circa 1963.Very fine and rare square 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K tricolored gold Patek Philippe bracelet, tiled and partly guilloché, with honeycomb-shaped elements.

C. two-body, solid, polished, straight lugs. D. "guilloché" tricolored gold with a design repeating the bracelet decoration, with applied gold indexes. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. 23-300 Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 26 x 26 mm. Approx. overall length of the bracelet 175 mm.