Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 09, 2014

LOT 301

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3970 WHITE GOLD Patek Philippe, Geneve, No. 3046687, case No. 4197762, Ref. 3970EG. Sold in January 2003. Very fine and important, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year, 24-hour indication and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original certificate, Patek Philippe box, spare solid 18K white gold back, push-pin, booklets correspondence and pouch.

Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, transparent screw-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 track with 5-second Arabic markers. 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, self compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring.