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New York, Oct 17, 2008

LOT 380

Enamel Dial Tourbillon Minute Repeater No.1 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No.1903001, case No. 2906857, Ref. 3939. Made in 1992, sold on October 30th, 1992. Very fine and very rare, minute-repeating 18K yellow gold wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator and a gold-plated Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel and lugs, transparent case back. D. White enamel with applied 18K yellow gold Breguet numerals, subsidiary dial for the seconds, outer black painted minute division. Yellow gold Breguet hands. M. Cal. RTO 27 PS, stamped with the Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes 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 Breguet balance spring, repeating on two gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Ref. 3939 Production of the reference 3939 began in 1992 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.