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Geneva, Oct 14, 2007
LOT 526
?Pink Gold and Diamond Ref. 3990? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3046785, case No. 4197929, Ref. 3990. Made circa 2000. This reference is no longer in production. Very fine and important, water-resistant, pink gold and diamond wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, with sapphire crystal back and a pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin.
CHF 140,000 - 180,000
EUR 85,000 - 110,000 / USD 115,000 - 150,000
Sold: CHF 296,100
C. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down transparent case back, bezel set with 40 diamonds, fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Black with baton and square diamond hour markers, 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 second scale, aperture for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Pink gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. CH27-70 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Glucydur 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. From ?The Collection?
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Notes
This reference is technically identical to Ref. 3970E, which started production in 1986. It is Patek Philippe's first chronograph and perpetual calendar watch to be diamond-set. The case is set with 40 tapered, baguette-shaped diamonds of "Top Wesselton" quality with an approx. carat weight of 2.80 ct. The chronograph mechanism features a column wheel for a most reliable and precise performance, and the perpetual calendar will only require adjustment in the year 2100, which is not a leap year.