Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2009

LOT 476

Platinum Ref. 3970, Platinum Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3047320, case No. 4258869, Ref. 3970EP. Sold in 2003. Very fine and important, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year, 24-hour indication and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin within leather wallet, setting pin and a spare solid platinum case back.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, transparent screwed-down case back, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied faceted white gold baton and pyramid indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute register, the days of the month, the 24 hours and the leap year, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the 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, free-sprung self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 m