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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE PLATINUM WRISTWATCH WITH IVORY-WHITE DIAL, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX
Lot 168 The Property of an European Gentleman 

PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE PLATINUM WRISTWATCH WITH IVORY-WHITE DIAL, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, CALATRAVA MODEL, REF. 3796, MOVEMENT NO. 1’822’748, CASE NO. 2’878’010, MANUFACTURED IN 1990

Closed22 March 2019

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE PLATINUM WRISTWATCH WITH IVORY-WHITE DIAL, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, CALATRAVA MODEL, REF. 3796, MOVEMENT NO. 1’822’748, CASE NO. 2’878’010, MANUFACTURED IN 1990
Movement: Manual, Cal. 215 PS, 18 jewels, signed
Dial: Ivory-white, applied white gold dots and baton numerals, subsidiary seconds, signed
Case: Platinum, snap on back, 31mm diam., signed
With: Platinum Patek Philippe buckle, Certificate of Origin, Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1990 and its subsequent sale on February 18th, 1991, product literature, box

Specialist note

Consigned by its original owner, the present reference 3796 has never been offered in public before. This particularly attractive Platinum example is furthermore preserved in excellent condition, and offered with all its original accessories.

Reference 3796
Reference 3796 is Patek Philippe’s last classic size “original” Calatrava. It was in production from 1982 until the late 1990s and replaced reference 96 from which it differs only by the sapphire crystal and the new calibre 215 S. It was available in all three gold colours and in platinum, with a variation of dial layouts