Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 19, 2012

LOT 47

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3998 FOR GARRARD 150TH ANNIVERSARY PINK GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 23/150, movement No. 1912261, Ref. 3998. Made in 1993 in a limited edition of 150 pieces to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Garrard & Co. (London, 1843-1993). Very fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with date and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a Patek Philippe box (not original), Extract from the Archives in a Garrard leather folder and an invitation to the ?Voyage to the End of Time? collaborative exhibit dated 1993.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, concave lugs, transparent screwed-down case back with Garrard dedication, sapphire crystals. D. Salmon pink with applied pink gold Breguet numerals, dot minute indexes, aperture for the date. Pink gold Breguet hands. M. Cal. 315 SC, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung fl at balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 8 mm.