96,000 CHF
Ref. 3970 E, Yellow Gold Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3046452, case No. 4165325 Ref. 3970E. Made in 2002, sold on March 26th, 2002. Very fine and important, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year indication, 24-hour indication and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and a spare solid gold case back. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, fluted lugs, transparent screw-down case back, sapphire crystals. Satiné silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, the days of the month, the 24 hours and the leap year, aperture for the days of the week and the months in English and the moon phases. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. CH 27-70 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 24 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Notes For a note on References 3970 & 3971, see lot 251.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-16
