Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 467

PATEK PHILIPPE REF.3970 PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH Patek Philippe, Genève, Ref. 3970EG, movement No. 3046366, case No. 4153749. Sold by de Galanta Jewelers, Trento, Italy, circa 2002. Very fine and important, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year, 24-hour indication and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, transparent screwed-down case back, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied faceted baton and pyramidal 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 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, selfcompensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm. From The Arman Collection