Senza Luna (Alan Banbery)
Perpetual Calendar Senza Luna 3448 — Senza Luna (Alan Banbery)
Unique 3448 made for Patek’s head of sales Alan Banbery by watchmaker Max Berney: a red leap-year indicator replaces the moon phase. Other “Senza Luna” 3448s are known, but only this one has the documented under-dial leap-year mechanism. Sotheby’s 2008, Christie’s Hong Kong 2021.
586 made in yellow, white and pink gold plus two in platinum; about 100 in white gold according to market estimates.
Identifying details
- Perpetual calendar
Calendar that accounts for month lengths and leap years.
- Leap-year indicator
Display of the position in the four-year leap-year cycle.
Variants of 3448
Reference overview →| Variant | Production |
|---|---|
| Yellow Gold | Undated |
| Yellow Gold · First Series Dial | Undated |
| Yellow Gold · Third Series Dial | Undated |
| Yellow Gold · Italian Calendar | Undated |
Case & movement
- Reference
- 3448
- Production
- Undated
- Case material
- 18k yellow gold
- Case diameter
- 37.5 mm
- Movement
- Automatic
- Date
- Yes
- Caliber
- Patek Philippe 27-460 Q
Dial, bezel & hands
Unknown attributes are left out rather than guessed.
Movement
Patek Philippe 27-460 Q
Patented self-winding perpetual calendar caliber with a central gold rotor, a development of the 12-600 AT. Powered the ref. 3448, the first wristwatch, and its successor the ref. 3450; movements for the 3448 run from 1'119'000.