Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 349

Ref. 3450, Red Leap Year Indicator Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 1119619, case No. 2788643, Ref. 3450. Made in 1982, sold on May 13th, 1982. Very fine and very rare, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, red dot for the leap year indication and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and a fitted box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, lapidates lugs, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal. D. Silvered gold with applied yellow gold faceted baton and pyramidal indexes, subsidiary dial for the date, apertures for the days of the week, the month, leap year and the moon phases, outer minute division. Yellow gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 27-460 Q, 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. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm.