PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE 18K WHITE GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH DATE AND BRACELET
PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE 18K WHITE GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH DATE AND BRACELET
PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE 18K WHITE GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH DATE AND BRACELET
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PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE 18K WHITE GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH DATE AND BRACELET
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PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE 18K WHITE GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH DATE AND BRACELET

REF. 3445, MANUFACTURED IN 1964

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY RARE 18K WHITE GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH DATE AND BRACELET
REF. 3445, MANUFACTURED IN 1964
Movement: Automatic
Dial:
Silvered and diamond-set
Case: 35 mm.
With: 18k white gold Patek Philippe bracelet, overall length approximately 165 mm. and Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming the white gold bracelet
Remark: To the best of our knowledge, the present watch is fresh to the market and the second example known with this type of dial and bracelet
Note: Serial numbers are available upon request

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Alexandre Bigler
Alexandre Bigler SVP, Head of Watches, Asia Pacific

Lot Essay

Cased in white gold, the present watch is an impressively original and wonderfully preserved example of reference 3445. Adding a further level of attraction is the superb Extract confirmed white gold Patek Philippe bracelet, few examples with solid gold bracelet are known and these special watches have a quite different and sublimely monochrome overall aesthetic.
Available in yellow, pink or white gold, and in platinum, Patek Philippe’s reference 3445 is an exemplar of understated simplicity yet at the same time is a highly sophisticated automatic timepiece. In common with all great design, it has transcended fashion to become one of the most enduring classics.
Known by collectors as the ‘monodate’, reference 3445 was the first Patek Philippe calendar watch to be made in series, it was in production for 20 years between 1961 and 1981. The cases were made by Antoine Gerlach, one of the greatest Geneva casemakers and the dials were produced by the best dial makers of the period, Stern Frères. The in-house automatic movement caliber 27-460 M takes its name from its measurements: 27mm in diameter and 4.6mm thick. Caliber 27-460 was the most elaborate and costly simple automatic watch movement ever produced by Patek Philippe, rhodium plated with a solid 18K gold rotor it was finished to the standards of the Geneva Seal. Caliber 27-460 powered several of Patek Philippe’s high end watches including the reference 3448. It was in production for 25 years until 1985.
Luxurious and extremely rare, this white gold reference 3445 offers collectors the perfect opportunity to obtain one of the finest examples of this Patek Philippe classic.

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