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拍品专文
With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin and Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with silvered dial and yellow gold indexes in 1987 and its subsequent sale on 7 May 1987. Furthermore delivered with the contemporary brochure containing operating instructions, wooden presentation box and outer packaging.
The present reference 3970 made between 1986 and 1987 is a highly collectable specimen within the model's overall production which lasted for nearly twenty years. Examples of the very first series, such as this watch, are characterized by the case back which is still a snap on versus the screw version of later generations, as well as the dial configuration where the two subsidiary dials are clearly of a different colour than the surrounding main plate. "Two-tone" as a designation for dials with varying shades is often used too generously but in this instance it is completely justifiable.
Consigned by the estate of the original owner and fresh to the market, the present watch stands out by its very good, original overall condition. Since this very first version of reference 3970 is the true and immediate successor of the legendary reference 2499, examples preserved in such unmolested condition and still retaining the original certificate will undoubtedly increase in popularity within the hierarchy of Patek Philippe's most classic and rarest perpetual calendar chronographs.
Reference 3970
Reference 3970 was launched in 1986, the first generation, such as the present watch, fitted with snap on case backs. Around 1988, the model was modified to a water-resistant version with screw back. In 2004, reference 3970 was replaced by reference 5970. The model is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 305.
The present reference 3970 made between 1986 and 1987 is a highly collectable specimen within the model's overall production which lasted for nearly twenty years. Examples of the very first series, such as this watch, are characterized by the case back which is still a snap on versus the screw version of later generations, as well as the dial configuration where the two subsidiary dials are clearly of a different colour than the surrounding main plate. "Two-tone" as a designation for dials with varying shades is often used too generously but in this instance it is completely justifiable.
Consigned by the estate of the original owner and fresh to the market, the present watch stands out by its very good, original overall condition. Since this very first version of reference 3970 is the true and immediate successor of the legendary reference 2499, examples preserved in such unmolested condition and still retaining the original certificate will undoubtedly increase in popularity within the hierarchy of Patek Philippe's most classic and rarest perpetual calendar chronographs.
Reference 3970
Reference 3970 was launched in 1986, the first generation, such as the present watch, fitted with snap on case backs. Around 1988, the model was modified to a water-resistant version with screw back. In 2004, reference 3970 was replaced by reference 5970. The model is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 305.