$101,300
“Pink Gold Ref. 5970” Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3047341, case No. 4272934, Ref. 5970R. Made in 2005. Very fine, astronomic, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, tachometer and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, curved and fluted lugs, transparent screwed-down case back, sapphire crystals. Matte silver with applied pink 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, minute/seconds track, concentric tachometer scale, outer 1/5th seconds scale, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Pink gold "feuille" hands. Cal. 27-70/155, stamped with the Seal of 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, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm. 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. Ref. 3970 was no longer featured in the catalogues as of 2005. The case diameter of 3970 was 36mm; that of 5970 is 40mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-06-14
