Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 181

?Platinum 3970E with diamond dial? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 875760, case No. 2881756, Ref. 3970E. Sold on March 16, 1991. Very fine and important, astronomic, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, additional dial and hands, setting pin and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, screweddown case back, domed sapphire crystal. D. Black with applied diamond 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. White gold ?bâton? hands. M. Cal. CH 27-70 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Glucydur Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock-absorber, selfcompensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.