Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 94

?Steel Nautilus, ref. 5712/1A-001" Patek Philippe, Genève, "Nautilus", No. 3171612, case No. 4377223, Ref. 5712/1A-001. Made in 2006. Very fine and rare, large, "carré galbé", self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with date, moon phases, power reserve indication and a stainless steel Patek Philippe bracelet with concealed double deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate and setting pin.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Anthracite with horizontal stripes, applied luminous steel baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the date, sector for the power reserve indication between 10 and 11, aperture for the moon phases, outer minute division. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 240/164, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Glucydur Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 22K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 42 x 45 mm. Thickness 9 mm. Property of a New York Collector