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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

LOT 332

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, Calatrava,No. 1111458, case No. 312683, Ref. 3438, circa 1961.Very fine and rare, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with leather strap and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

CHF 20,000 - 24,000

Sold: CHF 23,000

C. Two-body, solid, polished, flat bezel, concave lugs. D. matte silver with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. ?Bâton? yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 27-460, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration,37 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 31 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: * 3
Dial: 4 - 5

Notes

Ref. 3438Production of this reference started in 1960.Poinçons de GenèveThe voluntary quality control of watches at the Geneva Observatory, was established by a law dated November 6, 1886. Conditions were laid down for the attribution and stamping of the Poinçons de Genève, punch-marks designed as the coat-of-arms of Geneva. Pocket watches, or wristwatches which carry the Poinçons de Genève, considered as an equivalent to a Bulletin Officiel de Marche, punched on a bridge and on the main plate of the movement, were qualified to be officially termed ?chronometers?.