$50,600
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 875510,Ref. 3971, made in 1989, sold on April 21, 1990.Extremely fine and rare, water-resistant, astronomic, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar and moon phases, leather strap and 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a wooden fitted box, 18K pink gold and black pusher and certificate. three body, massive, polished, concave bezel, screwed sapphire case back. silvered opaline with applied pink gold indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 30 minutes register, the 24 hours, the days of the month and the leap year, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Feuille" pink gold hands. Cal. 27-70 Q, Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted for heat, cold isochroism and5 positions, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm. Notes Ref. 3971 and 3970.When Patek Philippe first launched this new series of watches in 1986, Ref. 3970 was the model bearing a metallic back, while Ref. 3971 was equipped with a sapphire back. Very soon, the reference number of this model was standardized to Ref. 3970. In consequence, very few examples of the present watch bear Ref. 3971.A similar watch is published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, p. 305.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-09-30
