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LOT 303
Ref. 3450, "Without Leap Year Indication" Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1119586, case No. 2788611, Ref. 3450, second series. Made in 1981, sold September 3, 1981. Exceptionally rare and important, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, and without leap year indication, with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.
HKD 1,000,000 - 1,400,000
USD 130,000 - 185,000 / EUR 100,000 - 140,000
Sold: HKD 1,455,500
C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel. D. Matte silvered with applied yellow gold bâton and square dot indexes, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and moon-phases. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 27-460 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, 18K yellow gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness: 12 mm. Property of a Swiss Collector
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Grade: |
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Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2 |
Very good |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Notes
Produced in 244 examples from 1981 to 1986 with the caliber 27-460 QPB, the majority in yellow gold, very few in pink or white gold.
- First series: leap year display in red on the dial.
- Second series: leap year display in Arabic numerals on the dial. Made in very few examples with sapphire crystal back.
- Third series: leap year display in Roman numerals on the dial.
A similar watch is published in ?Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches? by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2004, vol. II, pp. 223 to 225. The present watch is an exceptionally rare example because it has been made without the leap year indication while still being a perpetual calendar watch. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only Ref. 3450 with this characteristic. Today, only one example is known without leap year indication - the present watch.