Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Monaco, Jul 21, 2021
LOT 112
Patek Philippe
Ref. 3970 / 002 J, chronograph, minute counter, perpetual calendar, leap-year indication, moon phases, silver colour dial; 18K yellow gold
Ref. 3970 / 002 J, chronograph, minute counter, perpetual calendar, leap-year indication, moon phases, silver colour dial; 18K yellow gold
EUR 68,000 - 78,000
USD 81,000 - 93,000 / HKD 630,000 - 720,000
Sold: EUR 91,000
18K yellow gold, round-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, water-resistant with screwed case-back, subsidiary seconds at 9 and nine horological complications:
• 1/5 second chronograph with round push-pieces
• Half-instantaneous 30-minute counter (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock)
• Half-instantaneous perpetual calendar à guichets (with apertures)
• Date of the month (subsidiary dial at 6 o’clock)
• Day of the week (aperture at 11 o’clock; indications given in English)
• Month of the year (aperture at 1 o’clock; indications given in English)
• Four-year cycle of leap-years (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock)
• Phases of the moon (aperture at 6 o’clock)
• Diurnal (day-time) and nocturnal (night-time) hours with a 24-hour (AM-PM) scale (subsidiary dial at 9 o’clock)
Silver colour “semi-glossy” dial, with 18K yellow gold “Obus” indexes.
• 1/5 second chronograph with round push-pieces
• Half-instantaneous 30-minute counter (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock)
• Half-instantaneous perpetual calendar à guichets (with apertures)
• Date of the month (subsidiary dial at 6 o’clock)
• Day of the week (aperture at 11 o’clock; indications given in English)
• Month of the year (aperture at 1 o’clock; indications given in English)
• Four-year cycle of leap-years (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock)
• Phases of the moon (aperture at 6 o’clock)
• Diurnal (day-time) and nocturnal (night-time) hours with a 24-hour (AM-PM) scale (subsidiary dial at 9 o’clock)
Silver colour “semi-glossy” dial, with 18K yellow gold “Obus” indexes.
| Grading System | |
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Grade: |
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Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |
Brand Patek Philippe, Geneva
Reference 39700 / 002 J
Year circa 1994
Movement No. 876 1712
Case No. 2 901 006
Bracelet integrated 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe bracelet with clasp
Diameter 36.5 mm.
Caliber CH 27-70 Q, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, Geneva Quality Hall Mark
Dimensions Length 180 mm. (approx.)
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories certificate of origin (blank)
Notes
The original Certificate didn’t mention when this watch was sold.
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Patek Philippe, Ref. 3970 and Ref. 3971
This reference is launched in 1986.
The production of this model began with the Cal. 27-70 Q bearing the serial number 875 000.
When Patek Philippe first launched this new series of watches, Ref. 3970 was the model bearing a metallic snap-on case-back, while Ref. 3971 was equipped with a screwed down sapphire case-back.
Very soon, the reference number of this model was standardised to Ref. 3970, sold either with one or two screwed down case-backs; one of these backs could be a screwed down metallic case-back, while the second, (non-compulsory), a screwed sapphire crystal case-back.
In consequence, very few watches bear Ref. 3971.
Bibliography
· Huber, Martin, & Banbery, Alan, Patek Philippe Wristwatches, 1998, p. 305.
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*a 20% import VAT is due on the hammer price with buyer's premium, plus 150€ for termination of temporary export, at buyer's expense, only if it is delivered within the EU