Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K gold automatic wristwatch with perpetual calendar
Ref. 3448, case no. 320311, movement no. 1119086, retailed by Cartier, sold in 1968
Adjusted 37-jewel Cal. 27-460Q automatic movement with Geneva seal, gold winding rotor, free sprung gyromax balance with overcoiled spring,silvered dial with applied gold baton numerals and dot minute markers, apertures for day and month, subsidiary seconds incorporating moon phase and date ring, tapered gold hands, within a polished and brushed case with inclined bezel and tapered lugs, snap on back, case, dial and movement signed, Cartier reference numbers on reverse of lug 37mm. diam.
Adjusted 37-jewel Cal. 27-460Q automatic movement with Geneva seal, gold winding rotor, free sprung gyromax balance with overcoiled spring,silvered dial with applied gold baton numerals and dot minute markers, apertures for day and month, subsidiary seconds incorporating moon phase and date ring, tapered gold hands, within a polished and brushed case with inclined bezel and tapered lugs, snap on back, case, dial and movement signed, Cartier reference numbers on reverse of lug 37mm. diam.
Sold for
US$ 109,800
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Introduced in 1962 with serial number 119000, the Reference 3448 with 27-460 Q perpetual calendar movement was in production until 1981. Less than 600 examples were made. This limited series of watches continued the Patek Philippe tradition of complicated watches, begun in the previous century.
This is apparently the second Cartier / Patek Philippe 3448 to appear at auction. The consecutively numbered example 1119087 / 320312 was sold 5 march 2009.
Category: Clocks and Watches / Clocks
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