Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 17, 2013
LOT 456
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3417 AMAGNETIC Patek Philippe, Genève, ?Amagnetic?, movement No. 731207, case No. 2618239, Ref. 3417. Made in 1961, sold on December 16th, 1961. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, amagnetic stainless steel wristwatch with a stainless steel Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and Patek Philippe service document dated 2010.
CHF 18,000 - 28,000
USD 20,000 - 30,000 / EUR 14,000 - 23,000
Sold: CHF 41,250
C. Two-body, polished and brushed, flat inclined bezel, lapidated lugs, screw-down case back, inner protection cap with steel securing washer. D. Matte silvered with applied steel baton indexes and Arabic 12, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds dial. Steel baton hands. M. Cal. 27-AM 400, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, bronze beryllium straight-line lever escapement, gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, shock absorber. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 35 mm. THICKNESS 11 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2 |
Very good |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Notes
REF. 3417 Production of this reference started in 1958. The caliber 12???- 400 was in production then, and some of the examples were Amagnetic like the present lot. The Amagnetic cal. 27-400 AM was launched in 1960. Amagnetic calibers are fitted with a bronze beryllium lever escapement and are protected by a soft iron cap. Similar watches are published in ?Patek Philippe Wristwatches?, by M. Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, pp. 192 and 194