Importantes Montres de Collection

Geneva, May 15, 2011

LOT 440

Patek Philippe Ref. 3970, Second Generation Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 875885, case No. 2873768 Ref. 3970E. Made in 1991, sold on August 19th, 1991. Very fine and important, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year indication, 24-hour indication and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by push pin, a wooden fitted box, and Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, fluted lugs, transparent screw-down case back, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied yellow 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 and the months in English and the moon phases. Yellow 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, shockabsorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.