Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Apr 25, 2021
LOT 285
PATEK PHILIPPE
Ref. 3970 / 002 R, chronograph, minute counter, perpetual calendar, leap-year indication, moon phases, silver colour dial; 18K pink gold
Ref. 3970 / 002 R, chronograph, minute counter, perpetual calendar, leap-year indication, moon phases, silver colour dial; 18K pink gold
HKD 1,000,000 - 1,384,500
USD 124,900 - 178,500 / CHF 116,100 - 165,900
18K pink 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 pink 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 R
Year Circa 1994
Movement No. 3 045 098
Case No. 2 870 024
Bracelet integrated 18K pink 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 Extract from the Archives; Patek Philippe repair invoice (dated Milano, December 13, 2010)
Notes
The Extract from the Archives, dated May 17, 2011, mentioned that this watch was made in 1994 and sold on January 19, 1995.
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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.