164,500 CHF
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3970 WHITE GOLD WITH ARABIC NUMERALS – FIRST AT AUCTION Patek Philippe, Geneve, movement No. 875854, case No. 2895995, Ref. 3970EG. Made circa 2003. Very fine and important, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year, 24-hour indication and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Patek Philippe box, spare solid 18K white gold back and push-pin. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, transparent screw-down case back, sapphire crystals. Silver with applied white gold Arabic numerals and dot indexes, subsidiary 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, outer 1/5 seconds/minute divisions. White gold feuille hands. Cal. CH 27-70/155 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium plated, fausses cotes 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 present watch would appear to be the first of the reference 3970 in white gold with Arabic numerals to be offered at auction. All other publically known examples have a dial with the more usual baton indexes. Detail of the original ce
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-03-17
