115,000 CHF
"3970E Luminous Dial" Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 876270, case No. 2914533, Ref. 3970E. Sold on November 19, 1992. Very fine and exceptionally rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a mahogany fitted box, certificate, spare solid back and setting pin. Three-body, solid, polished, screwed-down transparent case back, concave bezel, curved and fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. Matte silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, luminous dots, subsidiary "guilloché" 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. Luminous yellow gold "feuille" hands. Cal. 27- 70 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, 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 The Pateck Philippe service document mentions that the present watch has luminus baton indexes and hands. 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 produc
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-11-13
