3038 ♦
PATEK PHILIPPE
Gentleman's wristwatch with five horological complications.
Manufacturer/Manufaktur: Patek Philippe, Geneva. Year/Jahr: 1975. Reference No./Referenz-Nr.: 3448. Movement No./Werk-Nr.: 1 119 411. Calibre/Kaliber: 27-460 Q, self-winding/Automatik. Case No./Gehäuse-Nr.: 332 540 (by Antoine Gerlach, Geneva; key No.4). Material: 18K yellow gold/Gelbgold. Braclet-Strap/Armband: Black crocodile leather Patek Philippe strap/Schwarzes Patek Philippe-Krokodillederarmband. Clasp-Buckle/Verschluss: 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle (by "AW", Geneva)/Patek Philippe-Verschluss aus 18 kt. Gelbgold. Dimensions/Grösse: ø 37,5 mm. Signed/Signiert: Dial, case, movement/Zifferblatt, Gehäuse, Werk. Accessories: Original fitted box and outer box, original certificate, Extract from the Archives/Originalbox, Zertifikat, Archivauszug.
Round-shaped gentleman's wristwatch with five horological complications: Half-instantaneous perpetual calendar à guichets (with apertures); Date of the month (subsidiary dial at 6 o'clock); Day of the week (aperture at 11 o'clock; indications given in English); Month of the year (aperture at 1 o'clock; indications given in English); Phases of the moon (aperture at 6 o'clock). Polished three-piece case, with snap-on case-back. Silver colour dial with radial applied yellow gold indexes. 27-460 Q calibre, lever escapement, Gyromax balance, self-compensating Breguet hairspring, adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, 18K yellow gold rotor, Geneva seal.
Herrenarmbanduhr mit fünf Komplikationen: Ewiger Kalender; Datumsanzeige (bei 6-Uhr); Wochentagsanzeige (bei 11-Uhr, in englischer Sprache); Monatsanzeige (bei 1-Uhr, in englischer Sprache); Mondphase (bei 6-Uhr). Poliertes, dreiteiliges Gehäuse mit Sprungboden. Silberfarbenes Zifferblatt mit aufgelegten Gelbgold-Indizes. Werk mit Ankerhemmung, Gyromax-Unruh und Breguet-Spirale; Regulierung in 5 Positionen sowie auf Hitze, Kälte und Isochronismus, 18 kt. Gelbgold-Rotor, Genfer Siegel.
Bibliography: Patrizzi 2010, vol. 1, p. 70 (No. 38, similar watch); Patrizzi 2010, vol. 2, pp. 219-223 (Nos. 908-918, similar watches in various metals).
The Patek Philippe Reference 3448 is launched in 1962 and remained in production until the early-1980s. The majority in yellow gold (450 examples), more rarely in white gold (130 examples), even rarely in rose gold (6 examples). 586 examples were produced (including 2 re-cased pieces in platinum by Patek Philippe), some of them with sapphire snap-on case-back (Ref. 3448-100), some of them with integrated bracelet.
