Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 204

"White Gold 3998/1? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1915216, Ref. 3998/1. Sold on January 1, 1995. Very fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold and diamond gentleman's wristwatch with date and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe link bracelet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, screwed-down case back, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Ivory-colored with diamond indexes, aperture for the date. White gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 315 SC, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balancespring, micrometer regulator, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 8 mm.