PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DATE AND BRACELET
Lot 30 PATEK PHILIPPE NAUTILUS REF. 3800/1 THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DATE AND BRACELET

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, NAUTILUS MODEL, REF. 3800/1, FIRST SERIES, MOVEMENT NO. 1'424'535, CASE NO. 2'819'460, MANUFACTURED IN 1984

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DATE AND BRACELET
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, NAUTILUS MODEL, REF. 3800/1, FIRST SERIES, MOVEMENT NO. 1'424'535, CASE NO. 2'819'460, MANUFACTURED IN 1984
Movement: Automatic
Dial: Gilt
Case: 37.5 mm. wide
With: 18k gold Patek Philippe bracelet and deployant clasp, overall length approximately 170 mm. Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1984 and its subsequent sale on 28 August 1985

Specialist note

Consigned by a private collector, the appeal of the present watch is enhanced by its very good overall condition and the gilt dial. To the best of our knowledge, the present example has never been offered in public before.

Reference 3800
The reference 3800 was in production from 1981 until 2006 and available in different versions. It was a mid-size version of the Nautilus reference 3700 and carried the same design aesthetics. It was presented in a smaller size case (37.5 mm. as opposed to 42 mm.) and the dial featured a centre seconds hand made possible by the introduction of the Patek Philippe Cal. 335 SC.

While early models were fitted with the Cal. 335 SC (without the quick set date), a version with the quick set date was introduced in 1987. The third generation was Ref. 3700 was presented with the Cal. 330 134. Between 1997 and 2006, the Ref. 3700 models produced were powered by the Cal. 330 194.