Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Mar 19, 2016

LOT 145

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..

HKD 543,000 - 780,000

USD 70,000 - 100,000 / CHF 70,000 - 100,000

Sold: HKD 650,000

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.


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Grade:
Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 1*

As new

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm.