146,500 CHF
PATEK PHILIPPE, REF. 3971, PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH 18K PINK GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 875485, case No. 2870014, Ref. 3971. Sold on January 13th, 1994. Very fine and rare, astronomic, 18K pink gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Original Certificate, original Patek Philippe box and setting pin. Two-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fl uted lugs, transparent screw-down case back, sapphire crystals Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 24 hours, the 30-minute register, the leap year and the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold feuille hands. Cal. 27-70 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 24 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Notes Ref. 3970 / 3971 (1986-2005) The 3970 was introduced for Patek Philippe’s 150th anniversary, to replace the successful model Ref. 2499, which had been produced from 1951 to 1985. Thanks to the explosive popularity of collecting vintage Patek Philippe wristwatches during the early 19
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-11-13
