Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
LOT 123
PATEK PHILIPPE 3970 YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3046415, Ref. 3970. Made circa 1996. Very fine, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year indication, 24-hour indication and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Patek Philippe fitted box and an Extract from the Archives..
USD 70,000 - 100,000
HKD 545,000 - 775,000 / CHF 68,000 - 97,000
Sold: USD 87,500
Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, fluted lugs, transparent screw down case back, sapphire crystals. Silver with applied yellow gold baton and pyramid 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 and the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. CH 27-70/155, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes 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.
