Important Collector's Wristwatches & ...

Grand Havana Room, Sep 22, 2004

LOT 322

Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 876136, case No. 2900930, Ref. 3970E. Production of this reference started in 1986. Very fine and rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a mahogany fitted box and a setting pin.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, screwed-down transparent case back, concave bezel, curved and fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied faceted yellow gold bâton and pyramid indexes, subsidiary "guilloché" sunk dials for the seconds and the 24 hours, the 30-minute register and the leap year, graduation for the days of the month, outer 1/5th seconds scale, aperture for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 27-70 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet Balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.