Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 25, 2012

LOT 265

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3429 YELLOW GOLD, RETAILED BY GUBELIN Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 1112677, case No. 2626056, Ref. 3429. Made circa 1962. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw down case back, stepped bezel, straight curved lugs. D. Satine silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary seconds dial, outer minute divisions. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 27-460, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straightline lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 10 mm.