Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 09, 2009

LOT 394

Patek Philippe Ref. 5970 Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3049554, case No. 4462728, Ref. 5970 J. Made in 2007, sold October 17th, 2008. Very fine, astronomic, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin, an additional solid yellow gold case back, setting pin and booklets.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, curved and fluted lugs, transparent screwed-down case back, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 24 hours, the 30-minute register and the leap year, graduation for the days of the month, outer 1/5th seconds track and tachometer scale, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 27-70/155, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 24 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, 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.