Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 13, 2012

LOT 88

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3878 AUTOMATIC SQUELETTE, YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, ?Squelette?, movement No. 1239056, Ref. 3878. Made circa 1985. Very fine and very rare, skeletonized, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a Patek Philippe box, Certificate of Origin, Patek Philippe (Japan) service guarantee card, hang tag and a booklet.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, band engraved in a scroll pattern, central lugs, transparent case back, cabochon sapphire-set winding crown, sapphire crystals. D. Black oxidized gold Breguet hands. M. Cal. 240 SQ, skeletonized, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating freesprung fl at balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor. Movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 31 mm. Thickness 5 mm. Property of a Japanese Collector