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Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

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Reference 3448, specially made on request. Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1119585, case No. 332625, Ref. 3448, specially made on request. Made in 1981, sold on 28 January, 1982. Production of this reference started in 1962. Extremely fine and probably unique, self-winding, 18K white gold gentleman?s wristwatch with perpetual calendar without moon indication and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the "Extract from the Archives".

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C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, lapidated lugs.D. matte silver with applied white gold Bâton and pyramidal indexes, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week and the months. White gold "Dauphine" hands.M. Cal. 27-460 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, 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 free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, 18K yellow gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm.


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Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2- 01

Very good

Notes

Ref. 3448. Produced in 586 examples from 1962 to 1982, with the caliber 27-460 Q, the majority in yellow gold, rarely in pink or white gold. This series began with the serial number 1119000. The present wristwatch was sold to an important client of Patek Philippe who in fact wanted a watch without moon phases. He therefore asked the company to make a special dial concealing this function. Patek Philippe executed the order, leaving the lunar mechanism inside. This watch is one of only three known today: two, are in yellow gold, and were both sold by Antiquorum; the third, in white gold, is the present watch. Another similar wristwatch with this reference is illustrated on page 289 of the 1998 edition of the Patek Philippe book and is mentioned as having been modified by taking out the moon phases and adding a dial, concentric to the days of the month graduation, for the leap year indication. According to the book "Patek Philippe, Genève, Wristwatches", by Alan Banbery and Martin Huber, this is the second to last Ref. 3448 ever made.