754,000 HKD
Ref. 3970E, "Pink Gold" Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 876822, case No. 2953522, Ref. 3970E. Made circa 2000. This reference is no longer in production. Very fine and extremely rare, astronomic, 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 spare solid case back and the Certificate of Origin. Two-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, screwed-down case back. Matte silver with applied pink gold baton indexes, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 24-hour with day-night indication, the 30- minute register, the leap year and the days of the month, apertures for the day of the week, the months and the moon phases. Pink gold “feuille” hands. Cal. 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. 37 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Property of an Italian Gentleman Notes Ref. 3970 It was once possible for astute collectors to acquire unusual and extremely rare Ref. 3970s for a very reasonable price. Since that time, however, several factors have contributed to a sudden and sharp (but not entirely surprising) rise in value for this watch. The
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-02
