$76,200
Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 875004, case No. 2824111, Ref. 3970. Production of this reference started in 1986, sold on Jan. 31, 1987. 987. Very fine and rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate and setting pin. Three-body, solid, polished, solid case back, concave bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystal. Two-tone silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute register, the days of the month, the 24 hours and the leap year, outer 1/5th seconds chronograph scale, aperture for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold "feuille" hands. Cal. 27-70 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated,"fausses côtes" deoratin, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm. Notes his watch is the 4th one produced in the series. Extremely rare, it is the first version of the Ref. 3970 produced with a solid case back.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-05-26
