91,200 CHF
Patek Philippe Ref. 3970E Yellow Gold Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 875196, case No. 2840126 Ref. 3970E. Sold on March 10th, 1989. 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 buckle. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin, user manual and setting pin, spare solid gold case back and a wooden fitted box. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, fluted lugs, transparent screw-down case back, sapphire crystals. Matte 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 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 For a note on the Ref. 3970, see lot 228.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-03-20
