Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015

LOT 721

PATEK PHILIPPE REF 3619 TWO TIME ZONE DIAMOND INDEXES WHITE GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, "Two Time Zone," No. 739768, case No. 2757187, Ref. 3619/1. Made circa 1980. Very fine and rare, horizontal oval, 18K white gold wristwatch with two time zones, three hands and an integrated Patek Philippe 18K white gold mesh bracelet.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded bezel, two pushers at 8 and 10 to independently adjust the second hour hand in one hour increments to indicate the second time zone (patented in 1959), sapphire crystal. Black with applied white gold diamond-set indexes. White gold dauphine hands, a third luminous hour hand for the second time zone. Cal. 27 HS 400, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring.