Only Online Auction
Hong Kong, Mar 03, 2021
LOT 191
Patek Philippe for Hölscher
Ref. 3445 / 6, self-winding, date, water-resistant, integrated bracelet; “Monodate”; 18K white gold
HKD 104,000 - 138,000
CHF 12,000 - 16,000 / EUR 11,100 - 14,800 / USD 13,400 - 17,800
18K white gold, self-winding, round-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and one horological complication:
· Instantaneous date of the month (aperture at 3 o’clock)
Polished two-piece case, water-resistant with screwed case-back.
Silver colour dial with radial applied white gold indexes.
27-460 M calibre, Gyromax balance, self-compensating Breguet hairspring, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, 18K yellow gold rotor, “Poinçon de Genève” (Geneva Quality Hallmark or Geneva seal).
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2 * |
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Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva
Model retailed by Hölscher, Köln (Germany)
Reference 3445 / 6
Year circa 1968
Movement No. 1 126 868
Case No. 324 334 (by Antoine Gerlach, Geneva)
Material 18K white gold
Diameter 35 mm.
Caliber 27-460 M
Dimensions Length 170 mm. (approx.)
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories original fitted box; Extract from the Archives
Notes
The Extract from the Archives, dated February 15, 2021, mentioned that this watch was sold on October 17, 1968.
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Patek Philippe, Ref. 3445 Monodate
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Patek Philippe, Ref. 3445 Monodate
This reference is launched in 1960-1961 and remained in production until the early-1980s.
It’s the first “simple” calendar wristwatch made by Patek Philippe.
The majority in yellow gold, more rarely in rose gold, even more rarely in white gold or in platinum. The cases by Antoine Gerlach, Geneva.
The last watches produced, circa 1980, bear a sapphire screwed case-back (Ref. 3445-100 by Les Ateliers Réunis, Geneva).
Around 3 000 examples were produced, some with integrated bracelet (Ref. 3445-6, etc.).
According to our research, only ten examples of the Ref. 3445 in platinum are known to have appeared on the open market, three of these have diamond-set dials.
Biography
· Patrizzi, 2010, vol. 2, pp. 217-218 (Nos. 899-903, similar watches in various metals).