THE VERY FIRST PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3970 EVER PRODUCED NUMBER 000
Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 875000, case No. 2824130, Ref. 3970. Made in 1986.
Very fine and extremely rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button
chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, snap-on back, two-tone dial and
an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by Certificate of Origin .
Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted curved lugs.
Two-tone silver with applied yellow gold indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the
24-hour and 30-minute register, the leap year and the days of the month, apertures for the
day, months and moon phases. Yellow gold "feuille" hands.
Cal. 27-70 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses
côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax
balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber,
self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring.