Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 23, 2011

LOT 151

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3445/100 YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1232193, case No. 2784381, Ref. 3445/100. Made in the 1980s. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with jump-type date and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Patek Philippe confirms that this case & movement were not born together.

C. Two-body, polished, stepped bezel, facetted angled lugs, screw-down back. D. Satiné champagne with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer engraved minute division, subsidiary dial for the seconds, aperture for the date. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 27-460 M, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 10.5 mm.