Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 397

Enamel Dial Tourbillon Minute Repeater Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1903068, case No. 4188351, Ref. 3939HP. Sold in November 2004. Very fine and rare, minute-repeating platinum wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, additional case back, COSC certificate and certificate of Origin.

USD 350,000 - 450,000

EUR 250,000 - 300,000

Sold: USD 439,600

C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back. D. White enamel with applied 18K white gold Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. White gold Breguet hands. M. Cal. RTO 27 PS, stamped with the Geneva Quality Mark, 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, 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. Property of a North American Collector


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Grade:
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Production of the reference 3939 began in 1995 with the caliber RTO 27 PS, featuring 336 components and bearing the serial number 1903000. It is a technical exploit to incorporate in a 12 1/2??? movement a minute tourbillon carriage (made in steel, comprising 69 parts, weight 0,3 grams) together with a minute-repeating mechanism. The first watch of this Ref. 3939H is illustrated in ?Patek Philippe Wristwatches?, by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, p. 330