Patek Philippe
Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva
Model “Nautilus” so-called “Maradona”
Retailed by / made for -
Year circa 1984
Reference 3800 / 5 J
Movement No. 1 424 454
Calibre 335 SC, 29 jewels
Case No. 2 811 222
Material/s yellow gold (18-carat) and diamonds (474 brilliant-cut 8/8; approx. 2.50 carats)
Bracelet integrated yellow gold (18-carat), with white gold (18-carat) depoyant clasp (by Les Ateliers Réunis, Geneva)
Dimensions 38.9 x 37.4 mm.
Ø 34.9 mm. (bezel)
Thickness 7.5 mm.
Length 180 mm. (approx.) Weight 136.3 gr. (approx.)
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories after-sale-service leather box Yellow gold (18-carat) and diamond-set, self-winding, tonneau- and cushion-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, with centre-seconds and one horological complication:
• Instantaneous date of the month (aperture at 3 o’clock) Case: two-piece, polished and satin-finish, water-resistant with case-back screwed by four screws, concave lugs, octagonal ship’s porthole-shaped diamond-set bezel, polished winding-crown. Dial: gold colour, “tramé” horizontal stripes, with diamond-set indexes; yellow gold luminescent “Bâton” hands. Movement: calibre 335 SC, 29 jewels, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, Geneva Quality Hallmark (“Poinçon de Genève” / Geneva Seal). The Extract from the Archives, dated July 8, 2013, mentions that this watch was made in 1984 and sold on August 26, 1985.60000.00
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Patek Philippe, “Nautilus”, Ref. 3800 Launched in 1976, during the quartz crisis, the “Nautilus” was designed by Gérald Genta (1931-2011). The shape of its case, very avant-garde for the time, reminds a porthole. It was named after Captain Nemo’s fictitious submarine, in Jules Verne’s famous book “Twenty Miles Under the Sea”. Produced from 1981 to 2006, the Nautilus Ref. 3800 is considered as the “little sister” of the Ref. 3700, the very first “Nautilus” having been designed five years earlier. The Ref. 3700 has a 42 mm. cushion-shaped case, known as the “Jumbo” size. The Ref. 3800 measures only 37 mm. in diameter but retains exactly the same spirit as its ancestor: an extra-flat cushion-shaped case, a dark bluish-grey dial with horizontal stripes and the date at 3 o’clock. The only difference, except the size of the case, is a centre-seconds hand, which is not included in Ref. 3700. The “Nautilus” being considered as the sport-chic wristwatch by Patek Philippe, it was predominantly created in steel with a few exceptions, in gold, or in steel and gold. However, versions in platinum are extremely rare. The first models are equipped with the 335 SC. From 1987 onwards, a rapid date-setting function using the crown was introduced on this so-called second-generation calibre 335 SC. In 1992, a third movement was introduced for this reference, the calibre 330-134. A fourth movement, the calibre 330-194, was used for watches produced from 1997 to 2006, when production was discontinued. The dial is a “sigma dial”, meaning the indexes and hands are manufactured from white gold. From 1971 until 1995, all watches made in Switzerland with gold applied indexes or gold dial plates were required to have the “APRIOR” (Association pour la Promotion Industrielle de l’Or) logo marked on the dial. Hence, on the dial on each side of the “SWISS”, there is the Greek letter “sigma”.
Patek Philippe
Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva
Model “Nautilus” so-called “Maradona”
Retailed by / made for -
Year circa 1984
Reference 3800 / 5 J
Movement No. 1 424 454
Calibre 335 SC, 29 jewels
Case No. 2 811 222
Material/s yellow gold (18-carat) and diamonds (474 brilliant-cut 8/8; approx. 2.50 carats)
Bracelet integrated yellow gold (18-carat), with white gold (18-carat) depoyant clasp (by Les Ateliers Réunis, Geneva)
Dimensions 38.9 x 37.4 mm.
Ø 34.9 mm. (bezel)
Thickness 7.5 mm.
Length 180 mm. (approx.) Weight 136.3 gr. (approx.)
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories after-sale-service leather box Yellow gold (18-carat) and diamond-set, self-winding, tonneau- and cushion-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, with centre-seconds and one horological complication:
• Instantaneous date of the month (aperture at 3 o’clock) Case: two-piece, polished and satin-finish, water-resistant with case-back screwed by four screws, concave lugs, octagonal ship’s porthole-shaped diamond-set bezel, polished winding-crown. Dial: gold colour, “tramé” horizontal stripes, with diamond-set indexes; yellow gold luminescent “Bâton” hands. Movement: calibre 335 SC, 29 jewels, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, Geneva Quality Hallmark (“Poinçon de Genève” / Geneva Seal). The Extract from the Archives, dated July 8, 2013, mentions that this watch was made in 1984 and sold on August 26, 1985.
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