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Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 255

?Platinum 3970? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3046714, case No. 4197833, Ref. 3970. Sold on April 4, 2003. Very fine and rare, astronomic, water-resistant, platinum and diamond gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, moon phases and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by an additional platinum case back, a setting pin and a certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent screwed-down case back, concave bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Black with 10 round and 1 baguette diamond-set indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute register, the 24 hours, the days of the month and the leap year, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moonphases. White gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 27-70/15, 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 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.