Patek Philippe. A fine and rare stainless steel automatic calendar bracelet watch
Model: Nautilus
Reference: 3700/1
Date: Purchased May 1981
Movement: 36-jewel Cal.28-255 automatic, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism & 5 positions, Gyromax balance, Seal of Geneva, No.1307709
Dial: Black ridged, applied polished baton hour markers with luminous inserts, outer minute divisions, date aperture at 3, polished baton hands with luminous inserts
Case: Brushed and polished 3-part case, personal engraving to back, No.540925
Strap/Bracelet: Fitted brushed and polished link
Buckle/Clasp: Signed folding clasp
Signed: Case, dial & movement
Size: 42mm
Accompaniments: Certificate of Origin, photocopies of service paperwork and correspondence dated October 2022 and July 2020 Patek Philippe. A fine and rare stainless steel automatic calendar bracelet watch
Model: Nautilus
Reference: 3700/1
Date: Purchased May 1981
Movement: 36-jewel Cal.28-255 automatic, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism & 5 positions, Gyromax balance, Seal of Geneva, No.1307709
Dial: Black ridged, applied polished baton hour markers with luminous inserts, outer minute divisions, date aperture at 3, polished baton hands with luminous inserts
Case: Brushed and polished 3-part case, personal engraving to back, No.540925
Strap/Bracelet: Fitted brushed and polished link
Buckle/Clasp: Signed folding clasp
Signed: Case, dial & movement
Size: 42mm
Accompaniments: Certificate of Origin, photocopies of service paperwork and correspondence dated October 2022 and July 2020
Footnotes The Nautilus, originally designed by Gerald Genta in 1976, is thought to owe its unique shape and construction to the transatlantic liners' porthole designs; inspired by the secure windows at sea that were sealed hermetically by a clever system of tension bolts against the glass.
The case design echoes this principle through the two extensions at the sides of the case which are secured by lateral screws, keeping the rubber seal compressed between the bezel and case body.
As the Nautilus was originally manufactured in steel, it was also Patek's first foray into the world of luxury sports watches. An estimated 3,300 examples of the 3700/001A were produced. Patek Philippe. A fine and rare stainless steel automatic calendar bracelet watch Model: Nautilus
Reference: 3700/1
Date: Purchased May 1981
Movement: 36-jewel Cal.28-255 automatic, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism & 5 positions, Gyromax balance, Seal of Geneva, No.1307709
Dial: Black ridged, applied polished baton hour markers with luminous inserts, outer minute divisions, date aperture at 3, polished baton hands with luminous inserts
Case: Brushed and polished 3-part case, personal engraving to back, No.540925
Strap/Bracelet: Fitted brushed and polished link
Buckle/Clasp: Signed folding clasp
Signed: Case, dial & movement
Size: 42mm
Accompaniments: Certificate of Origin, photocopies of service paperwork and correspondence dated October 2022 and July 2020 Model: Nautilus
Reference: 3700/1
Date: Purchased May 1981
Movement: 36-jewel Cal.28-255 automatic, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism & 5 positions, Gyromax balance, Seal of Geneva, No.1307709
Dial: Black ridged, applied polished baton hour markers with luminous inserts, outer minute divisions, date aperture at 3, polished baton hands with luminous inserts
Case: Brushed and polished 3-part case, personal engraving to back, No.540925
Strap/Bracelet: Fitted brushed and polished link
Buckle/Clasp: Signed folding clasp
Signed: Case, dial & movement
Size: 42mm
Accompaniments: Certificate of Origin, photocopies of service paperwork and correspondence dated October 2022 and July 2020 Footnotes The Nautilus, originally designed by Gerald Genta in 1976, is thought to owe its unique shape and construction to the transatlantic liners' porthole designs; inspired by the secure windows at sea that were sealed hermetically by a clever system of tension bolts against the glass.
The case design echoes this principle through the two extensions at the sides of the case which are secured by lateral screws, keeping the rubber seal compressed between the bezel and case body.
As the Nautilus was originally manufactured in steel, it was also Patek's first foray into the world of luxury sports watches. An estimated 3,300 examples of the 3700/001A were produced.
