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New York, Jun 18, 2008

LOT 398

Platinum Ref. 3970EP Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3047293, case No. 4273088, Ref. 3970EP. Sold on Sept. 28, 2004. Very fine and important, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with diamond-set dial, round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted mahagony box, Certificate of Origin, setting pin and spare solid platinum case back.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, transparent screwed-down case back, sapphire crystals. D. Black with applied diamond-set white gold indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute register, the days of the month, the 24 hours and leap year, apertures for the days of the week, the months and moon phases. White gold baton hands. M. Cal. CH 27-70/155, 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. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.