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Brand :
Patek Philippe
Collection :
Calatrava
Model :
Calatrava Chronograph
Reference :
Patek Philippe - 3651
Category :
wristwatch
Period :
1940's
Movement :
Mechanical
Case material :
Yellow Gold
Case form :
Round
Reference Detail :
3651 ,
Complications :
Chronometre, Tachymetre
Description :
PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY FINE AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE 18K GOLD CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH,SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENÈVE, REF. 3651, MOVEMENT NO. 863'448, CASE NO. 2'839'144, MOVEMENT MANUFACTURED IN 1944, ENCASED IN 1988,Movement: Cal. 13''', nickel-finished lever movement, manual, 23 jewels micrometer regulator, signed,Dial: Silvered dial, applied baton numerals, outer Arabic five minute divisions and tachymetre scale, two subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 30 minutes register, signed,Case: Circular case, enlarged flat bezel, screw back, two round chronograph buttons in the band, 35 mm. diam., signed,With: 18k gold Patek Philippe buckle, Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with silvered dial, raised gold indexes and tachymeter scale in 1944 and its subsequent sale on 8 October 1945,The extract further states that the original case was replaced by the current one during a servicing in the company's workshops in July 1988.,Provenance: Property from an Important Private European Collection, Christie’s, Patek Philippe 175, 9 November 2014, lot 95
