Sale 1647
New York
|
12 April 2006
Price realised
USD 6,120
Estimate
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN 18K GOLD CUSHION AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH Signed Patek Philippe, Geneve, Movement No. 1115198, Case No. 518512, Ref. 3525, circa 1968 Cal. 27-460, with nickel-finished lever movement stamped twice with the seal of Geneva, 37 jewels, gyromax balance, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, 18k gold rotor, silvered matte dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, cushion-form case with stepped bezel, case, dial and movement signed 38mm diam.
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