Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 421

"Without Leap Year Indication" Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1119586, case No. 2788611, Ref. 3450, second series. Made in 1981, sold September 3, 1981. Exceptionally rare and important, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, and without leap year indication, with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 200,000 - 300,000

EUR 130,000 - 190,000 / USD 160,000 - 245,000

Sold: CHF 198,500

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel. D. Matte silvered with applied yellow gold baton and square dot indexes, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and moon-phases. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 27-460 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, 18K yellow gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Reference 3450 was the last of the perpetual calendar watches to have a dial with aperture for the months and the days of the week, and an auxiliary dial for the date, with the lunar phases in its center. This type of dial was first used in 1941, with Ref. 1526, followed by Refs. 3448; 3449; and 3450. Ref. 3450 The present watch is exceptionally rare because it was made without the leap year indication normally found on this reference. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only Ref. 3450, known without leap year indication.