Patek Philippe Genève, Movement No. 3047636, Case No. 4294114, Ref. 5970R-001, Cal. 27-70 Q, 40 mm, circa 2005

A gentleman's almost as new, extremely rare, astronomical, rose gold Geneva wristwatch with chronograph, perpetual calendar, leap year indicator and moon phase, sold on 07/21/2005 - with additional 18k rose gold screw back, setting pin, original box, original certificate, Patek Philippe extract from the archives, booklet and Patek Philippe accessories
Case: 18k rose gold, glazed screw back, 18k Patek Philippe rose gold deployant clasp. Dial: silvered, applied rose gold indexes, auxiliary seconds, 30 min. counter, tachy scale, 24h indicator, moon phase, day, date, month and leap year indicator, leaf rose gold hands. Movm.: bridge movement, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 8 adj., 24 jewels, very finely ground and bevelled chronograph steel parts, ratchet wheel, Geneva quality hallmark, Gyromax balance, shock protection for balance.

Ref. 5970
Reference 5970 was enormously popular with collectors from the moment it was presented at the Basel Fair in April 2005 to replace the celebrated ref. 3970 and remained so until the end of its production time; until 2007 the model was available either in white gold or in rose gold, a yellow gold variation was only produced for a year in 2008. Shortly before the overall end of production, there was also a platinum version of ref. 5970.