Patek Philippe 3410 in 18K yellow gold with caliber 27AM 400

Rare Patek Philippe 3410 in 18K yellow gold with caliber 27AM 400

Original collectible Patek Philippe iconic reference 3410 in yellow gold from 1960’s. It is a round dial with light gray color. Each hour is marked with gold baton and black batons for minutes. The hands are in gold with baton design. The watch has a black sub dial at 6 o’clock for the seconds. Beautiful crown with the “Patek” logo. Manual winding movement with caliber 27AM-400 with 18 jewels. The movement number is 730927. It is a 18K yellow gold back case with inside engraved “.750 – 18K -Patek Philippe & Co Geneve – Swiss - Ref 3410 - #262…”. The watch comes with a brown Patek Philippe strap and a yellow gold 18K “Patek Philippe” buckle. The width between lugs is 18mm.

History

On May 1, 1839 the legendary watch company was founded in Geneva under the name of “Patek, Czapek & Co.”. In 1844, during an exhibition in Paris, Patek hears about a person named Jean Adrien Philippe who made an astonishingly thin pocket watch which could be wound and set without a key. Philippe became the technical director of the company the following year. In 1845, the company becomes “Patek & Co.” and in 1851 it got his final name “Patek Philippe & Co.” to reward the genius Jean Adrien. For the last 150 years, Patek is the pioneer for wristwatches. In 1927 comes the first perpetual calendar then the world time in 1937 and tourbillon in 1945. Since 1997, Patek produce 30,000 watches per year. In 2005, the company brought out an escape wheel made of monocrystalline silicon under the banner of “Advanced research” and then in 2006 by a silicon balance spring with the name “Spiromax”. Names are mythical like the Calatrava, World Time, Nautilus, just to name a few.

Technical details

Manual winding movement with sub second with caliber 27-AM-400. It has 18 jewels, 19,800A/h with improved timekeeping and anti-magnetism compared to previous movement. This movement has a bronze beryllium straight-line lever escapement and Gyromax balance wheel. The serial numbers for this calibre are from 730000 to 735239 and this movement being numbered 730927, it is a very earlier movement.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 35mm


Length including lugs: 40mm