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PATEK PHILIPPE & CO. GENEVE NO. 1232514, REF. 3445 MANUFACTURED IN 1972 A VERY RARE AND UNUSUAL W...

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PATEK PHILIPPE & CO. GENEVE NO. 1232514, REF. 3445 MANUFACTURED IN 1972 A VERY RARE AND UNUSUAL W...
PATEK PHILIPPE & CO.
GENEVE
NO. 1232514, REF. 3445 MANUFACTURED IN 1972
A VERY RARE AND UNUSUAL WHITE GOLD SELF-WINDING WRISTWATCH WITH DATE, SAPPHIRE BACK, FINELY ENGRAVED ROTOR
and original box
18K, NICKEL LEVER
MOVEMENT, GYROMAX BALANCE, 37 JEWELS, ADJUSTED TO HEAT, COLD, ISOCHRONISM AND
FIVE POSITIONS, FINELY ENGRAVED GOLD ROTOR, MOVEMENT STAMPED TWICE WITH SEAL OF GENEVA, SILVERED DIAL, APPLIED
BATON NUMERALS, APERTURE FOR DATE, SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL
SCREW-BACK, CIRCULAR
CASE WITH STEPPED
CASE, WITH PATEK PHILIPPE
WHITE GOLD
DEPLOYANT CLASP
SIGNED ON MOVEMENT
AND DIAL, NUMBERED
ON MOVEMENT
DIAMETER 35 MM
CHF 27,000-32,000
$ 18,000-21,000
THIS WATCH IS ACCOMPANIED
BY AN EXTRACT FROM THE ARCHIVES CONFIRMING ITS MANUFACTURE AND SUBSEQUENT SALE IN 1985.
GLAZED BACKS ON PATEK PHILIPPE WRISTWATCHES, TODAY MORE COMMONLY
FOUND in order TO REVEAL THE BEAUTY OF THE MOVEMENT, WERE GENERALLY NOT USED BEFORE THE 1980'S. ONLY VERY FEW EXAMPLES OF VINTAGE PATEK PHILIPPE WRISTWATCHES ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN FITTED WITH SUCH A DISTINGUISHED FEATURE.
IT IS QUITE SURPRISING TO
FIND SUCH A BACK FITTED ON
A REFERENCE 3445, A MODEL INTRODUCED AS EARLY AS 1961. THE PRESENT WATCH HOWEVER, MANUFACTURED IN 1972, REMAINED UNSOLD FOR
13 YEARS. IT APPEARS MORE UNDERSTANDABLE THAT AT
A TIME WHEN A DEMANDING CLIENTELE WAS INSPIRED
BY THE ACTUAL PRODUCTION OF THE MID-1980'S, SUCH A WATCH FROM THE PREVIOUS DECADE WAS UPGRADED WITH A FINELY ENGRAVED ROTOR AND
A GLAZED BACK IN ORDER
TO REGAIN ITS SALABILITY. ACCORDING TO UNOFFICIAL INFORMATION, NO MORE THAN THREE EXAMPLES OF WHITE GOLD REFERENCES 3445 WERE FINISHED WITH GLAZED BACK AND DECORATED ROTOR.
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