Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 11, 2009

LOT 119

Yellow Gold Ref. 3970 EJ Patek Philippe, Genève, retailed by Tiffany & Co., No. 875095, case No. 2831354, Ref. 3970E. Made in 1987. Very fine and important, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year, 24-hour indication and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original box, Certificate of Origin, booklets and setting pin. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, fluted lugs, screwed-down case back with monogram, sapphire crystal. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 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. Yellow gold baton 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, 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 12 mm.