Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 559

Patek Philipp e - Ref. 3796 - Yellow Gold Calatrava Patek Philippe, Genève, "Calatrava," movement No. 1356062, case No. 2825460, Ref. 3796. Made in the late 1980s. Very fine, 18K yellow gold wristwatch and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by fitted box, Certificate of Origin and booklets

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal. D. Silver with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes, subsidiary dial for the seconds, outer dot minute divisions. Yellow gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 215, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 31 mm. Thickness 7 mm.