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Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 252

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1122196, case No. 316721, Ref. 3445. Produced in the late 1960's.Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with date.

C. two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down case back, stepped bezel, lapidated straight lugs. D. satiné silver with applied white gold bâton indexes, auxiliary seconds dial, aperture for the date. "Bâton" white gold hands.M. Cal. 27-460 M, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, free-sprung self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, 18K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm.