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The Furama Hotel Hong Kong, Victoriana Room, Jun 05, 2000

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Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1903016,Ref. 3939H, circa 1995.Very fine and rare, minute repeating, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with sapphire crystal back, leather strap and 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle.

HKD 1,440,000 - 1,760,000

USD 180,000 - 220,000

Sold: HKD 1,395,000

C. three-body, solid, polished, diamond-turned bezel, transparent back. D. white porcelain dial with applied pink gold Breguet numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. ?Breguet? pink gold hands. M. Cal. RTO 27 PS, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 28 jewels, one minute tourbillon, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, free-sprung self-compensating balance-spring, repeater on gongs by means ofa slide on the band.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm.


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Case: 1

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Movement: * 1
Dial: 1 - 01

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Ref. 3939HProduction began in 1995 with the calibre RTO 27 PS, featuring 336 components and bearing the serial number 1903000.The present watch with movement 1903007 is therefore the17th model of the series.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.Poinçons de GenèveThe 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?.