Property of an Important South East Asian Collector
Patek Philippe
Nautilus, Reference 3712 | '3 dots' A stainless steel bracelet watch with date, moon phases and power reserve indication, Made in 2005 | 百達翡麗 | Nautilus 型號3712 | '3 dots' 精鋼鏈帶腕錶，備日期、月相及動力儲備顯示，2005年製
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October 5, 06:57 AM GMT
Estimate
800,000 - 1,200,000 HKD
Lot Details
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Property of an Important South East Asian Collector
Patek Philippe
Nautilus, Reference 3712 '3 dots'
A stainless steel bracelet watch with date, moon phases and power reserve indication, Made in 2005
百達翡麗
Nautilus 型號3712
'3 dots' 精鋼鏈帶腕錶，備日期、月相及動力儲備顯示，2005年製
Dial: blue black
Calibre: cal. 240/164 automatic, 29 jewels
Movement number: 3'170'259
Case: stainless steel, sapphire crystal display back
Case number: 4'340'743
Closure: stainless steel Patek Philippe bracelet and double folding clasp
Size: 40 mm diameter, bracelet circumference approximately 190 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Accessories: Patek Philippe instruction manual and presentation box. Furthermore delivered with Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 2005 and its subsequent sale on 31 October 2005
附帶說明書、盒子及後補資料庫精粹
Originally launched amidst the quartz crisis in 1976, the Nautilus designed by legendary watchmaker Gerald Genta was credited as one of the watches to revive fine mechanical movements.
The reference 3712 made its debut in 2005 and was the most complicated Nautilus of its time featuring date, moon phases, and power reserve indications. These were asymmetrically displayed on the telltale horizontally embossed dial. The present example is known as the early 1st series by recognising the "3 red dots" at the power reserve indication instead of 4. Discontinued shortly after its release, only around 1700 pieces of the model exclusively produced in stainless steel were said to be sold.
Succeeding the 3712 is the reference 5712 which was released in 2006 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Nautilus. While visually very similar, minute differences such as the lack of an index at 7 o’clock of the 5712 and different case constructions separate the two highly coveted references.