Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 125

?Platinum Calatrava? Patek Philippe, Genève, ?Calatrava?, No. 1843361, case No. 2956777, Ref. 3796. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, platinum wristwatch with sapphire-set enamel dial and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and Certificate of Origin.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Off-white with round sapphire-set indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. White gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 215, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, 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 flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 31 mm. Thickness 7 mm. Property of a Japanese Collector