Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 603

Patek Philippe Ref. 3970 Yellow Gold Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3045553, case No. 2994008, Ref. 3970E. Made circa 1996. Very fine and important, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year indication, 24-hour indication and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, instruction booklet, push pin and additional case back

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, fluted lugs, concave bezel, transparent screw-down case back, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold faceted baton 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. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. CH 27-70 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 24 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Property of a Japanese Collector