Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 317

?Steel Nautilus Chronograph" Patek Philippe, Genève, "Nautilus - Chronograph", No. 3665741, case No. 4374083, Ref. 5980/1A-001. Made in 2006, sold on Dec. 5th, 2006. Production of this reference started in 2006. Very fine and rare, large, "carré galbé", self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel wristwatch with rectangular-button flyback chronograph, combined 30/60-minute and 12-hour totalizer, instantaneous date and a stainless steel Patek Philippe bracelet with concealed double deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, setting pin and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Anthracite with horizontal stripes, applied luminous steel baton indexes, outer minute and 1/5th seconds divisions, silver-anthracite subsidiary dials for the combined 30/60-minute and 12-hour totalizer, aperture for the date. Luminous steel ?baton? hands. M. Cal. 28-520/522, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 35 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, unidirectional 21K gold rotor with oilfree ball bearing and zirconium balls. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 39 x 44 mm. Thickness 9 mm.