Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 177

?Yellow Gold 3998" Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3016016, case No. 4114706, Ref. 3998. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with date and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded bezel, concave lugs, screwed-down case back, sapphire crystal. D. Satiné silver with applied gold faceted baton indexes, dot minute markers, aperture for the date. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 315/190, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 8 mm.