Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces...
Hong Kong, Dec 05, 2021
LOT 109
PATEK PHILIPPE FOR HÖLSCHER REF. 3445/6, MONODATE,18K WHITE GOLD
HKD 85,000 - 128,000
EUR 9,600 - 14,300 / CHF 10,100 - 15,100 / USD 11,000 - 16,400
Sold: HKD 175,000
18K white gold, self-winding, round-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and date of the month at 3 o’clock. Polished two-piece case with screwed case-back. Silver colour dial with radial applied white gold indexes.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand Patek Philippe
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)
Bracelet Integrated 18K white gold Patek Philippe bracelet with clasp
Caliber 27-460 M
Dimensions Ø 35 mm. / Length 175 mm. (approx.)
Weight 115.8 gr. (approx.)
Signature Case, Dial and Movement
Accessories Original fitted box
Notes
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.
Bibliography
· Patrizzi, 2010, vol. 2, pp. 217-218 (Nos. 899-903, similar watches in various metals).