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Geneva, May 15, 2005

LOT 243

"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.

CHF 200,000 - 300,000

EUR 130,000 - 200,000 / USD 170,000 - 260,000

Sold: CHF 248,250

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel.D. Matte silvered with applied yellow gold bâton and square dotindexes, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for thedays of the week, the months and moon-phases. Yellow gold"dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 27-460 Q, stamped with the GenevaQuality Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 37jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balanceadjusted 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.


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Grade:
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2 - 01

Notes

Ref. 3450 The present watch is an exceptionally rare example because it has been made without the leap year indi-cation 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 exam-ple is known without leap year indication - the present watch.