Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3420 PINK GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 730463, case No. 427974, Ref. 3420. Made in 1962. Very fine and rare, antimagnetic, 18K yellow gold wristwatch. Accompanied by the original fitted box and Certificate of Origin.
Three-body, polished, concave lugs, snap-on case back. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 27-AM 400, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line bronze-beryllium lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring.