Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jan 26, 2013

LOT 154

PATEK PHILIPPE, REF.3442 1, YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 787673, case No. 2621102, Ref. 3442 1. Made circa 1964. Fine and rare 18K yellow gold mid-sized wristwatch. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, lapidated lugs, snap on case back.. D. Champagne with rhomboid, divided into 12 sectors by slender black lines. Yellow gold baton hands. . M. Cal. 23-300, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, stamped with the Geneva Quality Mark, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 28 mm. Thickness 6.5 mm.