Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 356

?Yellow Gold 5070 J? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 3146448, case No. 4068582, Ref. 5070 J. Made and sold in 1999. Very fine and rare, large, water-resistant to 25 m., 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer, and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by mahogany wooden fitted box and certificate.

C.Three-body, solid, polished, transparent screwed-down case back, wide bezel, fluted lugs. D. Black with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outer tachometer graduation, outermost 1/5th second scale. Yellow gold "Feuille" hands. M. Cal. 27-70 CHR, Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 12 mm.