Patek Philippe Ref. 3970
- Maker
- Patek Philippe
- Year
- 1986-2004
- Rank
- 33 of 100
Patek Philippe Ref. 3970
Patek Philippe Ref. 3970 by Patek Philippe (1986-2004) is ranked 33 in the FLOAT 100 for Watches. It sold for $416,000 in November 2024. Successor to the 2499 and predecessor to the 5970 — the reference that carried the perpetual-calendar-chronograph lineage through the modern era.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Successor to the 2499 and predecessor to the 5970 — the reference that carried the perpetual-calendar-chronograph lineage through the modern era.
Ref. 3970 (perpetual calendar chronograph)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $416,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- November 2024
First-series 3970J (1986) sold ~$416,000 at Phillips Hong Kong, Nov 2024. Other dated sales: 3970E $148K (Apr 2025), 3970EP $228K (Nov 2025), platinum CHF 469,900 (May 2025).
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08