PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE PLATINUM PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, MOVEMENT NO. 876476, CASE NO. 2928280, REF. 3970E, MANUFACTURED IN 1993

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE PLATINUM PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES
Signed Patek Philippe, Geneve, Movement No. 876476, Case No. 2928280, Ref. 3970E, manufactured in 1993
With nickel-finished lever movement stamped with the seal of Geneva, 24 jewels, gyromax balance, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, silvered matte dial with applied baton numerals, apertures for day and month below 12 o'clock, three subsidiary dials indicating constant seconds combined with 24 hours, 30 minute register combined with leap year indicator and date combined with phases of the moon, circular water-resistant-type case with concave bezel and down-turned stepped lugs, screw back, case, dial and movement signed, with platinum Patek Philippe buckle
36mm diam.

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Accompanied by an Extract from the Patek Philippe Archives confirming the date of manufacture as 1993 and its subsequent sale on June 15th of the same year.

According to our research, the present watch has never before appeared at auction.

Patek Philippe produced the reference 3970 from 1986 until 2004. The model is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, Volume 2, Second Edition, p. 305.

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