Details
CIRCA: 1989
CASE MATERIAL: Stainless steel with 18k yellow gold bezel
DIAMETER: 40 mm.
BRACELET: Patek Philippe steel and yellow gold integrated bracelet
DIAL: Black ‘Sigma dial’ with applied gold hour markers coated with Tritium luminescence
MOVEMENT: Cal. 28.255 C, automatic, 40 jewels
FUNCTIONS: Time, date
BUCKLE: Patek Philippe stainless steel folding buckle, the steel clasp has a gold Patek medallion in relief
WITH: Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin confirming the sale of the watch on 23 January 1989, product literature, a service invoice dated from an authorised Patek Philippe service centre in Denmark dated 8 January 2024
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Lot Essay

From 1976 until 1980, all cases for the Nautilus were made for Patek Philippe by Favre-Perret SA. Following their acquisition of Ateliers Réunis in 1980, Patek Philippe started manufacturing the cases “in-house” at Ateliers Réunis and the reference number of the Nautilus was changed to 3700/11. They represent about 20-25 percent of the total Ref. 3700 production.

The inside caseback of the present wristwatch carries the hammer head symbol with the numbers 357 indicating that this was made by Calame & Cie, La Chaux-de-Fonds-based casemaker that was eventually bought over by Patek Philippe in 2001. Therefore, this timepiece is fitted with a service case made by Patek Philippe, probably in the early 2000s.

The Nautilus Ref. 3700/11 JA was introduced in 1980 and produced in a very small series. According to our research, less than 300 examples of the model were made, rendering it much rarer than its stainless-steel counterpart.

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