Patek Philippe Ellipse Gubelin dial – Ref 3546 -Cal 23-300 - 18K YG

Patek Philippe Ellipse with reference 3546 with oval champagne dial double signed “Gubelin” and black Roman numerals marking each hour. It is a Swiss model. The hands are black with baton design. The watch comes with a Patek Philippe crown.  It is a 18K yellow gold case with engraved inside “ Patek Philippe – Geneve – Swiss - .750 -18K – 2661…. -3546”. The watch comes with a Patek Philippe manual winding movement with caliber 23-300 and 18 jewels. The watch has a black crocodile Patek Philippe strap and 18K Patek Philippe buckle. Width between lugs is 19mm.

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

Patek Philippe manual winding movement with caliber 23-300, 18 jewels and 19,800 A/h. The movement is numbered 11459.. Comes with a Breguet airspring and Gold Giromax balance. The movement was produced from 1956 to 1975. 

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 27mm


Length including lugs: 35mm