help on a vintage golden ellipse 3548

Hi,

i am a new member and hopefully a new patek owner. i am arranging to purchase a vintage golden ellipse from a private antiques dealer who is some what away from me, i plan to take a professional or arrange to go to an independent dealers with buyer to certify authenticity as the watch has no box or papers. To save myself a pointless journey i wondered if an experienced member of this forum could tell if its not genuine by some photos before i travel to conclude the verification and hope fully deal. if it is genuine im not to worried about the papers as its the cheapest one ive seen and i dont plan on reselling it hopefully it will be the start of a beautiful collection.

i would also like some opinions on the golden ellipse, i choose this to start with as it hasnt changed externally as far as i know from inception till now my logic behind this was that it wouldnt seem like an obvious vintage if it was in good condition unless im mistaken (avoiding looking like the old guys in the porsche 948). in particular this watch has the same blue face etc as the current model on pateks website .

watch details:

Lovely Patek Philippe Ellipse Men's Wristwatch (Swiss 3548) - Genuine.

18K Solid Gold Patek Watch Case and 18k Gold Patek Watch Buckle.

Immaculate Blue Dial- Superb Mechanical Hand-Winding Patek Philippe Movement

This Watch is All Original with Patek Philippe Winding Button.

Case Measures Approximately 28mm wide by 32mm in length.

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By: watch-guy.com : August 19th, 2012-00:03

Looks good to me...

By: johnswatch1 : August 19th, 2012-02:26

i'm no expert on the Golden Ellipse but everything about this looks good to me. The movement is certainly correct (and a beauty), the markings look right in the case back and even the buckle looks accurate. Stunning watch.

+1 on previous comments: go for it if...

By: Mike H : August 19th, 2012-04:01

it is the model you like and not because it is a good bargain. The Ellipse has its charm, has its aficionados but is not necessarily the most coveted model from PP. So go for it if YOU like it, and enjot it every time you wear it. But don't buy it just be...

Pictures look good and that's a very nice calibre. nt [nt]

By: Dje : August 19th, 2012-05:15

differences

By: sunspark : August 19th, 2012-06:33

thanks for all the help, does any body know of any other differences from all the ellipse apart from the caliber as externally they all look identical..

Size differs if I remember well

By: Mike H : August 19th, 2012-06:57

Unless I am mistaking the new version is larger than the vintage one.

Current version

By: fnk : August 20th, 2012-00:07

The current version is automatic. fnk

A fine example of a bit more size looks good: the Ellipse

By: COUNT DE MONET : August 19th, 2012-08:27

As Mike H is saying correctly: just size changes in the past. It was also my first, and also because of Patek's pricing policy a bit, my only one so far. But I trust you have the same feeling if you look at this Patek as I have :-)! On your pictures it lo...

Beautiful dress watch.

By: whit : August 20th, 2012-08:09

I do believe it represents a great value presently because of its size and the fact it wasn't as popular as other references. There were a couple of variations, T-bar case lugs as the one you pictured and integrated case lugs both with different bezel and...

Thanks for all the help and information

By: sunspark : August 20th, 2012-12:35

hey guys thanks for all your help and input, went to the branch in new bond street unfortunatly there was no history on the watch possibly because its not from the uk so will have to get archive. I will post some pics as soon as i get it in a couple days ...

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