Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 09, 2009

LOT 386

Patek Philippe Ref. 3440 Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1111019, case No. 311015, Ref. 3440. Made in 1962. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch on Patek Philippe 18K gold bracelet by Gay Freres stamped 2-62.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, sloped bezel, lapidated straight lugs. D. "Satin", silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer minute divisions, 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, free-sprung Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Length approx. 200 mm.