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Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 276

?Clous-de-Paris? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 793484, case No. 518044, Ref. 3465. Made in the 1960s. Very fine and rare, square, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch.

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 and bâton indexes. Pink gold ?bâton? hands. M. Cal. 23-300, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 35 mm. Thickness 6 mm.