$86,500
Patek Philippe Ref. 3970 - White Gold Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3045986, case No. 4072854, Ref. 3970E. Made in 1999, sold on November 3rd, 1999. Very fine and important, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year, 24-hour indication and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Patek Philippe fitted mahogany box, setting pin and the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, transparent screwed-down case back, sapphire crystals. Silver with applied white gold faceted baton and pyramidal 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, the months and the moon phases, outer 1/5 seconds/minute divisions. White gold baton hands. Cal. CH 27-70/155 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 24 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Notes Ref. 3970 The Ref. 3970 is now considered a classic by collectors, following in the footsteps of its predecessors Ref. 1518, Ref. 2499, and Ref. 2499/100. The Series: One can distinguish three series in the production of Ref. 3970. A “serie
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-09-15
