Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 183

?Yellow 3939H? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1903004, case No. 2900806, Ref. 3939H. Sold on July 1, 1996. Extremely fine, rare and important, minuterepeating, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with oneminute tourbillon regulator and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, additional case back and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. White enamel with applied 18K yellow gold Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold ?Breguet? hands. M. Cal. RTO 27 PS, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 28 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with 3 equidistant steel arms under a polished steel bridge, Glucydur Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 12 mm.