Live Auction 16300Important Watches: Including Contemporary Wristwatches from an Important Swiss Collection
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE 18K WHITE GOLD ASYMETRIC “HOUR GLASS SHAPED” DIAMOND SET WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET
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PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE 18K WHITE GOLD ASYMETRIC “HOUR GLASS SHAPED” DIAMOND SET WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 3497/1, MOVEMENT NO. 866’635, CASE NO.2’633’461, MANUFACTURED IN 1963.

Closed23 March 2018

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PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE 18K WHITE GOLD ASYMETRIC “HOUR GLASS SHAPED” DIAMOND SET WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 3497/1, MOVEMENT NO. 866’635, CASE NO.2’633’461, MANUFACTURED IN 1963.
Movement: Manual, cal. 175, 30 jewels, signed.
Dial: White dial with 4/4 baguette-cut diamond hour-markets, signed.
Case: 18K white gold snap on back, asymmetrical case, set with 30 diamonds for approximately 0.35 ct, signed
Bracelet: White gold Milanese mesh bracelet with shiny finish on the edges.
With: A white gold Milenese bracelet with shiny finishing on the edges, extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1963 and its sale on 23 december 1963

Specialist note

The present timepiece is fresh to the market, and part of an extremely small production. It is indeed the only one identified with diamond hour markets from a total of four pieces known for the reference.
Reference 3497 was launched at Basel fair in 1963 and produced until 1965. A typical cocktail watch or “White Tie” for the period, the atypical shape, combined with bright dial and different finishing on the bracelet makes the present timepiece a true wrist ornament.