Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 10, 2013

LOT 118

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3748 WHITE GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, Ellipse, No. 1332845, case No. 531338, Ref. 3748. Made in the 1970s. Fine and elegant, oval, 18K white gold wristwatch with Iraqi Eagle dial and a Patek Philippe 18K white gold buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, flat bezel, hooded lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Satine blue with multi-color Iraqi Eagle at 6 and Saddam Hussein?s name at 12. White gold baton hands. M. Cal. 215, rhodium-plated, stamped with the Geneva Quality Mark, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self compensating free-sprung flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. DIM. 27 x 32 mm. THICKNESS 6 mm.