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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K pink gold perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases, original certificate, additional back and box
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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K pink gold perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases, original certificate, additional back and box

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENÈVE, REF. 3970E, MOVEMENT NO. 3'045'960, CASE NO. 4'054'371, MANUFACTURED IN 1999

Closed14 May 2012

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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K pink gold perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases, original certificate, additional back and box
Signed Patek Philippe, Genève, ref. 3970E, movement no. 3'045'960, case no. 4'054'371, manufactured in 1999
Cal. CH 27-70 Q mechanical movement stamped with the Geneva seal, 24 jewels, silvered matte dial, applied pink gold baton numerals, two windows for day and month, three subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 12 hours register, 30 minutes register and leap year indicator, date and moon phases, circular water-resistant-type case, glazed display screw back, two round chronograph buttons in the band, 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp, case, dial and movement signed
36 mm. diam.

Specialist note

With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated November 1999, 18K pink gold solid screw back number 4'054'371, 18K pink gold and wooden setting pin, original fitted wooden presentation box and outer packaging. Furthermore delivered with the Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with opaline dial and rose gold obus indexes in 1999 and its subsequent sale on 24 September 1999.
To the best of our knowledge this watch has never been offered in public before.

The celebrated reference 3970 was in production from 1986 until 2004. The model is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 305.