Important Collector's Wristwatches & ...

Grand Havana Room, Sep 22, 2004

LOT 325

Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3045075, case No. 2953542, Ref. 3970/2. Production of this reference started in 1986. Very fine and very rare, astronomic, 18K white gold and diamond gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, round button chronograph, register and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe bracelet "à petites mailles". Accompanied by a fitted box, an additional silver-colored dial with applied white gold indexes and a certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent screwed-down case back, concave bezel, sapphirecrystals. D. Salmon-colored and set with 1 baguette and 10 round diamond indexes, sunk subsidiary guilloché 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. White gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 27-70/155, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balanced 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.Approx. overall length: 190 mm.