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Patek Philippe
Ref. 3998
A fine and rare platinum and diamond-set wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, black dial and original certificate
- Estimate
- HK$150,000 - 250,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Patek Philippe
- Year
- 1996
- Reference No
- 3998
- Movement No
- 3'004'705
- Case No
- 2'996'469
- Material
- Platinum and diamonds
- Calibre
- Automatic, 315 SC, 29 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Black <em>Patek Philippe </em>crocodile leather strap
- Clasp/Buckle
- Platinum <em>Patek Philippe Henri Stern</em> buckle stamped PPC
- Dimensions
- 34 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Patek Philippe</em> Certificate of Origin dated March 1997. Furthermore delivered with <em>Patek Philippe</em> Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1996 and its subsequent sale on 19 March 1997, product literature, instruction manual and wallet.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Reference 3998 was introduced in 1989 and discontinued in 2005. The present watch fitted with a black dial and diamond-set indexes which is confirmed on the original certificate, is seldom seen at auction, and is preserved in excellent overall condition.
Patek Philippe
Swiss | 1839Since its founding in 1839, this famous Geneva-based firm has been surprising its clientele with superbly crafted timepieces fitted with watchmaking's most prestigious complications. Traditional and conservative designs are found across Patek Philippe's watches made throughout their history — the utmost in understated elegance.Well-known for the Graves Supercomplication — a highly complicated pocket watch that was the world’s most complicated watch for 50 years — this family-owned brand has earned a reputation of excellence around the world. Patek's complicated vintage watches hold the highest number of world records for results achieved at auction compared with any other brand. For collectors, key models include the reference 1518, the world's first serially produced perpetual calendar chronograph, and its successor, the reference 2499. Other famous models include perpetual calendars such as the ref. 1526, ref. 3448 and 3450, chronographs such as the reference 130, 530 and 1463, as well as reference 1436 and 1563 split seconds chronographs. Patek is also well-known for their classically styled, time-only "Calatrava" dress watches, and the "Nautilus," an iconic luxury sports watch first introduced in 1976 as the reference 3700 that is still in production today.
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