134,500 CHF
PATEK PHILIPPE, REF. 3970, SNAP BACK, YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 875019, case No. 2824129, Ref. 3970. Made in 1986, sold on December 18th, 1986. Very fine and extremely rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, snap-on case back, two-tone dial and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by fitted box, push pin and the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, fluted curved lugs, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal. Two-tone silver with applied yellow gold indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 24-hour and 30-minute register, the leap year and the days of the month, apertures for the day, months and moon phases, outer minute/second divisions with every fi ve Arabic numerals. Yellow gold feuille hands. Cal. 27-70 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Notes The fi rst series of Ref. 3970 featured the 36 mm. case with a snap-on case back. This particular model should be considered extremely rare since it was only produced in fewer than 100 examples from 1986.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-11-13
