Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
LOT 114
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3429 YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, Especially Made for His Excellency Henry J. Taylor, American Ambassador to Switzerland circa 1962, movement No. 1110116, case No. 2614575, Ref. 3429. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an integral 18K yellow gold brick link bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box.
USD 7,000 - 10,000
HKD 54,000 - 78,000 / CHF 6,800 - 9,700
Sold: USD 10,000
Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, screw down case back engraved: Especially Made for His Excellency Henry J. Taylor, American Ambassador to Switzerland. Satine silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary seconds dial, outer minute divisions. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 27-460, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, 18K gold rotor.
