Importantes Montres de Collection

Geneva, Nov 13, 2011

LOT 236

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3970 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3045552, case No. 2994007, Ref. 3970E. Sold in 1997. Very fine and important, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year indication, 24-hour indication and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by push pin, fitted box, Certificate of Origin, instruction booklet and additional case back.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, fl uted lugs, concave bezel, transparent screw-down case back, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, the days of the month, the 24 hours and the leap year, aperture for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. CH 27-70 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 24 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.