THE ESSENTIALS

MAKE: PATEK PHILIPPE
MODEL: 3796G
YEAR: c1995
CASE DIAMETER: 31mm
CASE MATERIAL: WHITE GOLD
BRACELET MATERIAL: LEATHER
MOVEMENT: MANUAL WIND

In 1982, amidst the quartz crisis that nearly brought the entire Swiss watch industry to its knees, Patek returned to its heritage and released the ref. 3792, a direct descendant of the original calatrave - ref. 96. The example we have here dates to the mid-1990s and features a white gold case. Its condition is astonishing—the case is extremely sharp, as if it had just left the factory. The ivory-coloured dial is pristine, with an eggshell-like texture, complemented by applied hour markers and a printed minute track.