This is a Patek Philippe 3483 Vintage Calatrava, a very rare stainless steel reference by Patek Philippe in excellent condition, showing minimal wear. The timepiece comes with stainless steel bracelet stamped with Gay Frerres ram’s head logo. The bracelet also shows minimal wear and no stretch. Included is Patek Phillipe Certificate of Archives.
The watch comes with the original silver sunburst dial with white gold applied indexes with nice and even patina, white gold hands, center sweep seconds, screw in water-resistent case back. size 35.5 mm, thickness 10mm.
This Philippe Calatrava 3483 is equipped with a mechanical manual winding Patek Philippe caliber 27 SC movement. The 27 SC is a strong reliable workhorse powering some of Patek’s top perpetual calendars of the period. It has the Geneva Quality hallmark, and it’s rhodium plated, with fausses cotes embellishment. It’s constructed with 18 jewels, a shock absorber device, and a straight-line lever escapement. It has a monometallic balance that’s adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, a self-compensating Breguet balance spring, and a micrometer regulator.
The Patek Philippe Calatrava line was introduced in 1932, but during the whole time there have only been a few references in stainless steel with center second hands.
