Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

New York, Grand Havana Room, May 21, 2003

LOT 152

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève,No. 3045812, case No. 4037631,Ref. 3970E. Produced in the late 1990's. Production of this reference started in 1986.Very fine and important, astronomic, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. three-body, solid, polished, transparent and screwed-down case back, concave bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. D. satiné silver with applied faceted bâton indexes, auxiliary 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. "Bâton" white gold hands. M. Cal. CH 27-70 Q stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, stright line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjuted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, p. 305.