Patek Philippe 3445 in 18K yellow gold with caliber 27-460 - Serviced - Full set

Iconic Patek Philippe 3445 in 18K yellow gold with caliber 27-460 - Serviced - Full set

Original collectible Patek Philippe iconic reference 3445 in yellow gold from 1968. It is a round dial with light gray color. Each hour is marked with gold baton and dots for minutes. The hands are in gold with baton design. The watch has a black sub dial at 6 o’clock for the seconds. It is a “Swiss” model. Beautiful crown with the “Patek” logo. Automatic self-winding movement with caliber 27-460 with 37 jewels. The movement number is 1.126… It is a screwed back case in 18K gold with inside engraved “.750 – 18K -Patek Philippe & Co Geneve – Swiss - Ref 3445 - #323…”. The watch comes with a black lizard strap and a yellow gold 18K “Patek Philippe” buckle. The width between lugs is 19mm. The watch comes with archive and box.

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

Automatic movement with sub second with caliber 27-460. It has 37 jewels, 19,800A/h and 38 hours of power reserve. The caliber stayed in production until 1985, powering perpetual calendar models (3448 and 3450)

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 35mm
Length including lugs: 41mm