Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

New York, Grand Havana Room, Mar 19, 2003

LOT 114

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 875008, Ref. 3970. Production of this reference started in 1986.Fine, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar and moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C .three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, concave bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 30 minutes register, the days of the month, the 24 hours, and the leap year, outer 1/5th second chronograph scale, aperture for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Feuille" yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 27-70 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" deoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.