PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3971 SECOND GENERATION WHITE GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 875347, case No. 2857984 Ref. 3971E. Made circa 1990. Very fine and important, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year indication, 24-hour indication and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by Extract from the Archives. | Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces | Hong Kong, 23rd June 2012
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3971 SECOND GENERATION WHITE GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 875347, case No. 2857984 Ref. 3971E. Made circa 1990. Very fine and important, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year indication, 24-hour indication and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by Extract from the Archives., C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, fl uted lugs, transparent screwdown case back, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied white gold 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 and the months in English and the moon phases. White gold feuille 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.
