Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 13, 2016

LOT 304

PATEK PHILIPPE REF 3473 YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1112737, case No. 2629703, Ref. 3473. Sold on March 26th, 1963. Very fine and very rare, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch. Accompanied by 2 extracts from the archives, a Patek Philippe overhaul invoice dated February 2015 in the amount of CHF 1'695 and a service pouch.

Three-body, solid, polished, screw-down case back with dedication inscription, ridged stepped wide bezel, curved lugs. Matte silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, subsidiary second dial. Blued steel lozenge hands. Cal. 27-460, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 37 jewels, straight- line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, 18K gold rotor.