Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Monaco, Jul 21, 2021
LOT 421
Patek Philippe
Ref. 3970 / 002 P, chronograph, minute counter, perpetual calendar, leap-year indication, moon phases, pink colour dial with diamond-set indexes; platinum
Ref. 3970 / 002 P, chronograph, minute counter, perpetual calendar, leap-year indication, moon phases, pink colour dial with diamond-set indexes; platinum
EUR 150,000 - 200,000
USD 180,000 - 238,000 / HKD 1,390,000 - 1,850,000
Sold: EUR 201,500
Platinum, round-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, water-resistant with sapphire-crystal 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)
Pink colour “semi-glossy” dial set with ten diamonds indexes (nine brilliant-cut diamonds and one baguette-cut diamond).
Additional silver colour “semi-glossy” dial, with platinum “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)
Pink colour “semi-glossy” dial set with ten diamonds indexes (nine brilliant-cut diamonds and one baguette-cut diamond).
Additional silver colour “semi-glossy” dial, with platinum “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 P
Year circa 1994
Movement No. 876 851
Case No. 2 953 571
Bracelet integrated platinum Patek Philippe bracelet with clasp
Diameter 36.5 mm
Length 180 mm. (approx.)
Caliber CH 27-70 Q, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, Geneva Quality Hall Mark
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories Extract from the Archives, Patek Philippe repair invoice (dated Milano, October 27, 2009)
Notes
The Extract from the Archives, dated March 16, 2010, mentioned that this watch was made in 1994 and sold on September 19, 1994.
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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