Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 252

White Gold, 3970E Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 876521, case No. 2900812, Ref. 3970E. Sold on February 1994. Very fine and important, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year indication, 24-hour indication and a stainless steel Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin, fitted box, push pin, transparent gold case back and booklets.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, fluted lugs, screw-down case back, sapphire crystal. D. Off-silver with applied white gold baton 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 in English, the months in English, and the moon phases, outer minute and 1/5th seconds division with Arabic numerals. White gold feuille hands. M. Cal. CH 27-70 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 24 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm.