Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 102

Ref. 3700/1, So-Called "Jumbo" Patek Philippe, Genève, "Nautilus", No. 1307617, case No. 540.930. Made in 1980, sold on June 10, 1981. Very fine and rare, oversized, "carré galbé", self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Patek Philippe bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives, the original Certificate of Origin and the original guarantee. Property of a Gentleman from the West Coast

USD 20,000 - 25,000

EUR 16,000 - 20,000

Sold: USD 30,680

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, sapphire crystal. D. Anthracite with horizontal stripes, applied luminous steel baton indexes, aperture for the date. Luminous steel "baton" hands. M. Cal. 28-255 C, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Glucydur Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 18K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 42 x 44 mm. Thickness 7.5 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 2

Very good

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 3700/1
Production of this references started in 1976. A similar watch is published in ?Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches? by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore Genova, 2005, vol I, pp. 72-73 and in vol. II, p. 250.