Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 13, 2012

LOT 154

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3558, YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 1230449, case No. 2695315, Ref. 3558. Made circa 1971. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and an 18K yellow gold detachable Patek Philippe bracelet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, lapidated lugs, inclined bezel, screw-down back. D. Satiné gold with applied black gold baton indexes, subsidiary seconds dial, outer minute divisions, aperture for the date. Black oxydised gold baton hands. M. Cal. 27-460M, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, stamped twice with the Geneva Quality Seal, 37 jewels, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Property of a German Collector