Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 5

Yellow Gold Ref. 3992, ?Clous de Paris? Patek Philippe, Genève, ?Calatrava?, No. 1197398, case No. 2914653, Ref. 3992. Made in 1994. Very fine and elegant, thin, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a Certificate of Origin.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, ?Clous-de- Paris? decorated bezel, straight lugs, sapphire crystal. D. White with painted radial Roman numerals. Black oxydized gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 240, stamped with the Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, shock absorber, 22K gold micro-rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness: 6.5 mm.