116,500 CHF
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3970 LUMINOUS DIAL, YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 876270, case No. 2914533, Ref. 3970E. Sold on November 19th, 1992. Very fine and equally rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year indication, 24-hour indication, luminous dial and hands and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box, Certificate of Origin, instruction booklet, additional solid 18K yellow gold case back and a Patek Philippe letter confirming the luminous hands and dot markers. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, fl uted lugs, concave bezel, transparent screw-down case back, sapphire crystals. Matte silver with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes, luminous dots, 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, the months and the moon phases. Luminous yellow gold feuille 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 This watch was delivered with luminous hands and dot markers at the owner’s request, as attested in the copy of
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-03-11
