Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 550

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3970 PINK GOLD, BLACK DIAMOND DIAL Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3046313, Ref. 3970 R. Sold October 14th, 2002. Very fine and important, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with diamond dial, round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year, 24-hour indication and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin, booklets and a solid pink gold case back.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, transparent screweddown case back, sapphire crystals
D. Black set with 10 round and 1 baguette diamond indexes, subsidiary 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, outer 1/5 seconds/minute divisions. Luminous pink gold feuille hands.
M. Cal. CH 27-70/155 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium- plated, fausses cotes 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. Thickness 13 mm