708,000 HKD
“Yellow Gold 3970" Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3047070, case No. 4225188, Ref. 3970 EJ. Sold on October 23, 2004. This reference is no longer in production. Very fine and rare, astronomic, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, spare solid gold back, setting pin and certificate of Origin. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, curved and fluted lugs, transparent screwed-down case back, sapphire crystals. Matte silver with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 24-hours, the 30-minute register and the leap year, graduation for the days of the month, outer 1/5th seconds scale, aperture for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold “baton” hands. Cal. 27-70 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Glucydur 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. Property of a Japanese Gentleman Notes Ref. 3970 - 5970 Ref. 3970 (1986-2005) was introduced, on Patek Philippe's 150th anniversary, to replace Ref. 2499, which was produced from 1951 to 1985. The Series: As a general rule, the Ref. 3970 was
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-02
