Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K gold self-winding perpetual calendar wristwatch with phases of the moon

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, MOVEMENT NO. 1'119'210, CASE NO. 328'483, REF. 3448, MANUFACTURED IN 1971

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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K gold self-winding perpetual calendar wristwatch with phases of the moon
Signed Patek Philippe, Geneve, movement no. 1'119'210, case no. 328'483, ref. 3448, manufactured in 1971
Cal. 27-460 Q nickel-finished lever movement stamped twice with the Geneva seal, 37 jewels, Gyromax balance, free sprung regulator, 18K gold rotor, the silvered matte dial with applied baton numerals, gold luminous dauphine hands, apertures for day and month, subsidiary dial combining phases of the moon and date, the circular case with enlarged bezel, downturned lugs, snap on back, 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle, case, dial and movement signed
37 mm. diam.

拍品专文

Accompanied by Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1971 and its subsequent sale on 27 April 1971.

Reference 3448, introduced into the market in 1962, was at the time the first self-winding perpetual calendar wristwatch. According to literature, a total of 586 examples was made, the majority in yellow gold cases. Few watches have been cased in white gold and only two examples in platinum are known to date.

Reference 3448 was fitted with the celebrated calibre 27-460, amongst the most sophisticated and lavish automatic movements ever made. It was later upgraded with Patek Philippe's patented perpetual calendar mechanism fitted on the movement plate underneath the dial and renamed 27-460 Q.

In 1981, reference 3450 was introduced into the market with the improved 27-460 QB (Quantième Bissextile) calibre. The model differs from its predecessor by the added leap year indication, the eccentric small window to 4 o'clock. The first series was made with a red disk and Arabic numerals, the second with Roman I, II, III and IIII leap year indication. A total of 244 examples of reference 3450 was made, the majority in yellow gold cases, only two in white gold are known to date.

Production of both reference 3448 and 3450 was discontinued in 1985 when reference 3940 was launched.

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.