$123,150
“Pink Gold 3970 E" Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 875637, case No. 2881785, Ref. 3970 ER. Sold on Nov. 25, 1990. Very fine and important, astronomic, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a mahogany fitted box, solid spare case back, setting pin and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, transparent screwed-down case back, sapphire crystals. Satiné silver with applied faceted bâton 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. Pink gold “feuille” hands. Cal. CH 27-70 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" 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. Property of a West Coast Collector Notes Ref. 3970/ 3971 (1986-2005) The 3970 was introduced, for Patek Philippe’s 150th anniversary, to replace the successful model Ref. 2499/100, which had been produced from 1951 to 1985. Thanks to the explosive popularity of collecting vintage Patek Philippe wristwatches during the early 1980s, collectors had discovered
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-06-14
