Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 15, 2015

LOT 205

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3738 ELLIPSE AUTOMATIC YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, "Ellipse d'Or" movement No. 1194502, Ref. 3738/118. Sold November 30th, 1987. Very fine, oval, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with a heavy 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe woven bracelet. Accompanied by the original fitted box, bill of sale, booklet and correspondence from Patek Philippe, Geneva, dated January 5th, 1988.

Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal. Champagne with applied yellow gold baton Breguet numerals. Yellow gold Breguet hands. Cal. 240, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 27 jewels, straight- line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 22K gold micro rotor mounted on ball bearings.