Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

LOT 96

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3457 PINK GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 857616, case No. 429381, Ref. 3457. Made in the early 1960s. Fine and rare, 18K pink gold midsize wristwatch with an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the original box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined coinedge bezel engraved on the inner incline with the hour indexes, recessed winding crown. D. Silver with painted black radial Roman numerals. Blackned gold baton hands. M. Cal. 8'''-85, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, selfcompensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 28.5 mm. Thickness 7 mm.