Patek Philippe - Yellow Gold - Ref. 3971 E Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 875586, case No. 2856574, Ref. 3971E. Made in 1990, sold on July 22nd, 1990. Very fine and rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and the Extract from the Archives. | Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces | New York, 15th September 2010
Patek Philippe - Yellow Gold - Ref. 3971 E Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 875586, case No. 2856574, Ref. 3971E. Made in 1990, sold on July 22nd, 1990. Very fine and rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and the Extract from the Archives., USD 60,000 - 80,000 EUR 45,000 - 60,000 / CHF 63,000 - 85,000Sold: USD 94,900 C. Two-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, screwed-down transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 24-hour and 30-minute registers, the leap year and days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 27-70 Q, 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, selfcompensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm
