Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 271

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3605 JUMBO ELLIPSE AUTOMATIC YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, "Ellipse," No. 1308983, case No. 2763197, Ref. 3605-1. Made circa 1977. Fine, large, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe twisted bracelet.

Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, sapphire crystal. Blue with applied yellow gold indexes, aperture for the date. Yellow gold dauphine hands. Cal. 28-255 C, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses-côtes decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring.