• Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
  • Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
  • Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
  • Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
  • Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
  • Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
  • Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
  • Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
  • Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
  • Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
  • Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's
Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's

Patek Philippe Calatrava 18K Yellow Gold Ref. 3445J 1960's

$17,950.00 USD

DETAILS
Manufacturer: Patek Philippe
Model: Calatrava
Reference Number: 3445J
Movement: Automatic
Condition: Good (worn with little signs of wear)
Gender: Men’s/Unisex
Time Period: 1963
Retail / Compare-At Price: n/a collector’s item
Our Best Price: $17,950

CALIBER
Movement: -
Caliber: 27-460M
Jewels: 37

CASE
Case Material: 18K yellow gold
Case Diameter: 35 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Waterproof: -
Water Resistance: -
Material Bezel: Fixed 18K yellow gold
Glass: Acrylic (apparent scratches on the glass that can be eliminated by polishing the crystal)
Dial: Champagne with radial brushing 
Dial Numerals: Yellow gold applied baton hour indices, outer perlé minute track around the outer rim


BRACELET / STRAP
Bracelet color: Blue
Bracelet Material: Leather
Clasp: Tang
Clasp material: Gold plated

FUNCTIONS
Hours, minutes, guichet date at three o’clock, subsidiary seconds dial at 6 o'clock

OTHERS
Yellow gold applied stick-shaped hour/minute hands small second hand
Solid two-body round case and bezel are polished/brushed, excellent condition
Solid 18K yellow gold screw-down case back
Sharp straight 18K yellow gold angled lugs with crisp and visible hallmark in the back
18k yellow gold pull/push recessed knurled crown with Calatrava cross engraved
The caliber 27-460 is stamped with the Geneva Quality hallmark, and it has the Patek Philippe seal. It's rhodium plated, with fausses cotes embellishment, a shock absorber device, and a straight-line lever escapement. It includes a self-adjustable balance spring stud carrier, an adjustable-mass balance with a Breguet over coil spring and a Gyromax balance that's adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism, and 5 positions, and a centrally mounted solid 18K yellow gold rotor, consummately decorated with engine turning.
This mechanism oscillates at the frequency of 19,800 vph (3 Hz). 
The caliber 27-460 M, successor of the caliber 12-600 AT, was the first automatic watch movement with a date produced by Patek Philippe in a series in production for 25 years, from 1960 to 1985.
This caliber 27-460M offers the same exquisite finishing as the 12-600 AT movement in the ref. 2526.
Walt Odets called Cal. 27-460 "the reigning queen of that half century" and "the most elaborate and costly simple automatic watch movement ever produced."
Caliber 27-460 M was also called "La Grande Dame des automatiques Suisse"
Incomplete (no box, with extract from the Patek Philippe Archives dated 1963)