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Patek Philippe
Ref. 3800
Nautilus
A fine and rare white gold cushion-shaped bracelet watch with sweep centre seconds, date, original certificate and fitted presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$120,000 - 180,000
HK$237,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Patek Philippe
- Year
- 1998
- Reference No
- 3800
- Movement No
- 4'033'653
- Case No
- 3'024'536
- Model Name
- Nautilus
- Material
- 18k white gold
- Calibre
- Automatic, 330 SC, 30 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18k white gold <em>Patek Philippe </em>bracelet, 185 mm. maximum length
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k white gold <em>Patek Philippe</em> concealed double folding deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 37 mm. wide
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Patek Philippe</em> undated Certificate of Origin, product literature, leather wallet and slip case. Furthermore delivered with <em>Patek Philippe</em> Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1998 and its subsequent sale on 17 July 1998.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
This white gold reference 3800 Nautilus is a very rare example and is believed less than 10 has come to auction. Still retaining its original certificate and box, the watch has been cared for in a very nice manner and is presented in an excellent state of preservation. The overall look and feel of this heavy bracelet watch is very appealing.
Provenance
Patek Philippe
Swiss | 1839Since its founding in 1839, this famous Geneva-based firm has been surprising its clientele with superbly crafted timepieces fitted with watchmaking's most prestigious complications. Traditional and conservative designs are found across Patek Philippe's watches made throughout their history — the utmost in understated elegance.Well-known for the Graves Supercomplication — a highly complicated pocket watch that was the world’s most complicated watch for 50 years — this family-owned brand has earned a reputation of excellence around the world. Patek's complicated vintage watches hold the highest number of world records for results achieved at auction compared with any other brand. For collectors, key models include the reference 1518, the world's first serially produced perpetual calendar chronograph, and its successor, the reference 2499. Other famous models include perpetual calendars such as the ref. 1526, ref. 3448 and 3450, chronographs such as the reference 130, 530 and 1463, as well as reference 1436 and 1563 split seconds chronographs. Patek is also well-known for their classically styled, time-only "Calatrava" dress watches, and the "Nautilus," an iconic luxury sports watch first introduced in 1976 as the reference 3700 that is still in production today.
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