$94,400
“Pink gold 3970 ER" Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 875694, case No. 2881777, Ref. 3970 ER. Made in the 1990s. 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 certificate. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, transparent screwed-down case back, sapphire crystals. Satiné silver with applied faceted bâton indexes, subsidiary “guilloché” 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 “bâton” hands. Cal. CH 70/155, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Glucydur Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 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 1980s, collectors had discovered the extreme rarity and enduring value associated with these timepieces. In a rare
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-09-20
