Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 15, 2016

LOT 378

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3970 PLATINUM Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3045357, Ref. 3970E Circa 1995. Very fine and important, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year, 24-hour indication and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle, Accompanied by Patek Philippe box, original certificate, booklet.

Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, transparent screwed down case back, sapphire crystals. Silver with applied white gold faceted baton and pyramidal 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, the months and the moon phases, outer 1/5 seconds/minute divisions. White gold baton hands. Cal. CH 27-70/155 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 24 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring.