Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 13, 2012

LOT 144

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3445 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 1230981, case No. 329328, Ref. 3445/6. Made in 1971, sold on April 25th, 1972. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with jump-type date and an 18k yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, lapidated angled lugs, recessed winding crown, screw-down back. D. Satiné blue with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary dial for the seconds, gold-rimmed aperture for the date. Yellow gold Dauphine hands. M. Cal. 27-460 M, 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 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 10.5 mm. Property of a German Collector