980,000 HKD
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3970E PLATINUM Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3046114, case No. 4103674, Ref. 3970EP. Made in 2000, sold in August, 2000. Very fine and important, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with black diamond-set dial, round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year, 24-hour indication and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the mahogany box, Certificate of Origin setting pin and a spare solid platinum case back. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fl uted lugs, transparent screwed-down case back, sapphire crystals. Black with 10 round and 1 baguette diamond-set applied white gold indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute register, the days of the month, the 24 hours and the leap year, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. White gold baton hands. Cal. CH 27-70/155, 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, free-sprung self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Notes Ref. 3970 (1986-2005) This Reference was introduced for Patek Philippe's 150th anniversary in replacement of Ref. 2499, which was produced from 1951 to 1985. The Series: As a general rule, the Ref. 3970 was produced in 18K white, rose, yellow gold, and
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-10-23
