Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jan 26, 2013

LOT 289

PATEK PHILIPPE, REF.3796, DIAMOND AND PLATINUM Patek Philippe, Genève, ?Calatrava?, No. 1832249, case No. 2915736, Ref. 3796. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, platinum wristwatch with 18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal. D. Off white with diamond indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. White gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 215, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 31 mm. Thickness 7 mm.