Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 28, 2014

LOT 531

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3979 MINUTE REPEATER BLACK ENAMEL DIAL PLATINUM Patek Philippe, Genève, Minute Repeater, No. 1904102, case No. 4051318, Ref. 3979. Made in 1999. Very fine and very rare, minute-repeating, self-winding, platinum Chronometer wristwatch with enamel dial and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted mahogany presentation box and the Extract from the Archives.

HKD 3,000,000 - 4,600,000

USD 400,000 - 600,000 / CHF 360,000 - 540,000

Sold: HKD 3,630,000

Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, inclined bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. Black enamel with applied white gold Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds dial. White gold Breguet hands. Cal. R 27 PS, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium plated, fausses côtes decoration, 39 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band.


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Grading System
Grade:
Case: 3

Good

Movement: 1*

As new

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 33 mm. THICKNESS 11 mm.