Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Monaco, Jul 21, 2021
LOT 107
Patek Philippe
Ref. 3445, self-winding, date, water-resistant; “Monodate”; 18K white gold
Ref. 3445, self-winding, date, water-resistant; “Monodate”; 18K white gold
EUR 11,000 - 16,000
USD 13,100 - 19,000 / HKD 102,000 - 148,000
Sold: EUR 22,100
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).
• 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* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-8-01 |
Very good Slightly scratched HANDS Original |
Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva
Reference 3445
Year circa 1970
Movement No. 1 117 993
Case No. 328 092 (by Antoine Gerlach, Geneva)
Bracelet Black leather strap
Diameter 35 mm
Caliber 27-460 M
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories original fitted box; Extract from the Archives
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).
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