Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 317

Pink Gold ?Ref. 5970? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3047565, case No. 4274660, Ref. 5970R. Sold on April 11th, 2005. Very fine, astronomic, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, tachometer, sapphire crystal back and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a mahogany fitted box, certificate of Origin, setting pin and an additional 18k pink gold case back.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, curved and fluted lugs, transparent screwed-down case back, and sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold faceted bâton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 24 hours, the 30-minute register and the leap year, graduation for the days of the month, minute/seconds track, concentric tachometer scale, outer 1/5th seconds scale, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Pink gold "Feuille" hands. M. Cal. 27-70Q, 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. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.