Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

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LOT 324

Patek Philippe& Cie, Genève,No. 1903047, case No. 4117794, Ref. 3939H. Produced circa 2000.Very fine and rare, minute repeating, platinum gentleman?s wristwatch with one minute tourbillon regulator, sapphire crystal back, an additional platinum case back, leather strap and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by an original box, certificate and ?Bulletin de Marche? dated October 23rd, 2000.

USD 240,000 - 280,000

EUR 187,000 - 218,000

Sold: USD 321,500

C. three-body, solid, polished, transparent back. D. white porcelain dial with applied 18K white gold Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. White gold ?Breguet? hands. M. Cal. RTO 27 PS, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 28 jewels, one minute tourbillon, lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung balance-spring, repeating on gongs by activating slidon the band.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1 - 01

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Ref. 3939H39HProduction 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.Geneva Quality HallmarkThe voluntary quality control of watches at the Geneva Observatory, was established by a law dated November 6, 1886. Conditions were laid down for the attribution and stamping of the Poinçons de Genève, punch-marks designed as the coat-of-arms of Geneva. Pocket watches, or wristwatches which carry the Poinçons de Genève, considered as an equivalent to a Bulletin Officiel de Marche, punched on a bridge and on the main plate of the movement, were qualified to be officially termed ?chronometers?.