Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 50

"Clous-de-Paris" Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 792697, case No. 518038, Ref. 3465. Made in the 1960s. Very fine and rare, square, 18K pink gold mid-size wristwatch with an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, band and bezel "Clous-de-Paris" decorated, curved lugs. D. "Clous-de-Paris" decorated matte silver with applied pink gold faceted baton indexes. Pink gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 23-300, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, freesprung Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 26 mm. Thickness 6 mm.