Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 13, 2012

LOT 84

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3433 YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1110704, case No. 2618555, Ref. 3433. Made circa 1965. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant 18K yellow gold wristwatch. Accompanied by an overhaul receipt from circa 1984.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, stepped and concave bezel, recessed crown, fl uted lugs. D. Satine silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer dot minute markers, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 27-460, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and fi ve positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Property of a Japanese Collector