Patek Philippe 3418 Calatrava Waterproof Case Stainless Steel Circa 1957
Description
Patek Philippe 3418 Calatrava, stainless steel case with screwdown back, the stainless steel case is extremly sharp and undoubtedly unpolished, manual wind Patek Philippe caliber 12-400, alligator leather strap with a stainless steel tang buckle, original silver dial with sunburst finish, the dial is in excellent original condition, acrylic crystal, size: 34mm, thickness: 9.3mm. Excellent Condition with Patek Philippe archive certificate dated May of 1959 and 6-month European Watch Company warranty.
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More about 3418 Calatrava Waterproof Case Stainless Steel Circa 1957
This is a vintage c. 1957 stainless steel Patek Philippe Calatrava 3418. It has an alligator leather strap with a stainless steel tang buckle, and a domed acrylic crystal. There is a solid screw-down case back, inside of which is jeweled with a serial and reference number, and it's stamped with "PATEK PHILIPPE & CO – GENEVE – SWISS." THE 34mm diameter solid three-body case, straight lugs, and flat angled bezel are polished. The original dial is silver with a sunburst pattern, with applied steel baton hour markers and dot indices around a perimeter minute track. It has polished steel baton hands, and there is a subsidiary running seconds dial at the 6 o'clock position. The 9.3mm thick case, dial, and movement are all signed. This Patek Philippe Calatrava 3418 has a mechanical manual winding Patek Philippe caliber 12-400 movement. It's nickel plated and it's stamped with the quality seal of Geneva. It's constructed with 18 jewels, a shock absorber system, an anti-magnetic iron cap, a straight-line lever escapement, and a cut bimetallic compensation balance. It includes a self-compensating Breguet balance spring, a monometallic balance adjusted for temperature and 5 positions, a Nivarox anti-magnetic hairspring, and a swan-neck micrometer regulator. It's anti-magnetic, and the mechanism oscillates at a frequency of 19,800 vph (2.5 Hz). The Patek Philippe Calatrava 3418 was Introduced in 1958 and it was produced through 1962.
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