Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 120

"Yellow 3445" Patek Philippe, Genève, retailed by Gübelin, No. 1127444, case No. 324652, Ref. 3445. Made in the late 1960s. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with date.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, screwed-down case back, straight lapidated lugs. D. Satiné silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, outer dot minute markers, subsidiary seconds dial, aperture for the date. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 27-460M, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Glucydur 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.