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Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 125

Patek Philippe & Cie,Genève, No. 1906099, case No. 2972570, Ref. 3974. Sold on 29 june 2000.Extremely fine and rare, astronomic, minute repea-ting, self-winding, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, leap year indication and moon phases, with an additional sapphire crystal back and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by an electrically driven leather-covered fitted box for winding the watch and an original certificate.

USD 280,000 - 320,000

Sold: USD 294,000

C. three body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, hinged solid back. D. salmon colored with applied white gold Roman numerals, auxiliary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the 24 hours indication (A.M. - P.M.), the months and the leap year, aperture for the lunations. "Dauphine" white gold hands. M. Cal. R 27 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 39 jewels, lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and5 positins, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, mobile stud bearer, 22K gold micro-rotor repeater on gongs by means of a slide on the band.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.


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Ref. 3974.The present watch with movement 1906099 was made with a special "salmon colored and Roman numerals" dial which gives to it a unique character. This series was produced in yellow, pink or white gold and platinum. Production began in 1989 with the calibre R 27 Q, featuring 467 components and bearing the serial number 1906000.The production was stopped in 1997. It is a technical exploit to incorporate in a 12 1/2''' movement a micro-rotor oscillating mass together with a minute repeating mechanismnd perpetual calendar. The first watch of this Ref. 3974 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition,p. 325.Poinçons de Ge-nèveThe voluntary quality control of watches at the Geneva Obser-vatory, was established by a law dated November 6, 1886. Con-ditions 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 Poin-çons 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".