Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2014

LOT 257

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3426 YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 798911, case No. 2643646, Ref. 3426. Made in the 1960s. Fine and rare, thin, manual winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch. Accompanied by a box.

Three-body, solid, polished, inclined bezel, straight lugs, snap on case back. Silver linen-textured with engraved yellow gold baton indexes. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 23-300, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 18 jewels, straight- line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring.