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Lot Essay
Consigned by a private European collector, the present reference 3448 offered here for sale is an impressive example of the reference.
Manufactured in 1975, the timepiece features a very attractive and well preserved dial with perfectly clear markers and signature. It displays the “Aprior” mark on either side of the word “Swiss” at 6 o’clock and the minute divisions painted in batons, perfectly complementing the gold baton hour markers.
The 18K gold case is likewise very well preserved, with clearly legible hallmarks and sharp, well-defined edges.
Reference 3448
Reference 3448 is one of Patek Philippe's best known perpetual calendar models and also one of the most easily recognizable thanks to its angular, architecturally designed case made by Antoine Gerlach. The model was introduced in 1962 and was at the time the first self-winding perpetual calendar wristwatch. It is thought that a total of only 586 examples were made, the majority in yellow gold cases. Few watches were cased in white gold and only two examples in platinum are known to date.
The movement is the celebrated caliber 27-460 that was upgraded and renamed caliber 27-460 Q with a perpetual calendar mechanism fitted on the movement plate underneath the dial. The caliber 27-460 Q is amongst the most sophisticated and lavish automatic movements ever made.
Reference 3448 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 288, and in Ore d'Oro by Jader Barracca, Giampiero Negretti and Franco Nencini, p. 45.
Manufactured in 1975, the timepiece features a very attractive and well preserved dial with perfectly clear markers and signature. It displays the “Aprior” mark on either side of the word “Swiss” at 6 o’clock and the minute divisions painted in batons, perfectly complementing the gold baton hour markers.
The 18K gold case is likewise very well preserved, with clearly legible hallmarks and sharp, well-defined edges.
Reference 3448
Reference 3448 is one of Patek Philippe's best known perpetual calendar models and also one of the most easily recognizable thanks to its angular, architecturally designed case made by Antoine Gerlach. The model was introduced in 1962 and was at the time the first self-winding perpetual calendar wristwatch. It is thought that a total of only 586 examples were made, the majority in yellow gold cases. Few watches were cased in white gold and only two examples in platinum are known to date.
The movement is the celebrated caliber 27-460 that was upgraded and renamed caliber 27-460 Q with a perpetual calendar mechanism fitted on the movement plate underneath the dial. The caliber 27-460 Q is amongst the most sophisticated and lavish automatic movements ever made.
Reference 3448 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 288, and in Ore d'Oro by Jader Barracca, Giampiero Negretti and Franco Nencini, p. 45.