The Mondani Collection of Rolex Wrist...

Geneva, May 14, 2006

LOT 806

Ref. 3979 ?Minute Repeater? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No 1904062, case No. 2906852, Ref. 3979. Sold on August 16, 1998. Very fine self-winding, minute repeating, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with sapphire crystal back and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and the Certificate of Origin, spare solid 18K gold back and leather wallet.

CHF 300,000 - 350,000

EUR 200,000 - 225,000 / USD 230,000 - 270,000

Sold: CHF 346,500

C. Three-body, solid, polished, inclined bezel, concave lugs, transparent case back. D. White enamel with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Black gold "Feuille" hands. M. Cal. R 27PS, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 39 jewels, lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, free-sprung self-compensating balance-spring, 22K gold micro-rotor, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 11 mm.


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Ref. 3979 This series was produced in yellow gold and a few examples in white gold. Production began in 1989 with the caliber R 27 P.S., featuring 342 components and bearing the serial number 1904000. The present watch, with movement 1904062, is therefore the 63rd watch of the series. Production of this Ref. ceased in 1998 and was replaced by Ref. 5979. Therefore, it is reasonable to surmise, as the present watch is one of the last produced, that fewer than 80 examples of this Reference were made. It is also a technical exploit to incorporate in a 12 1/2''' movement a micro-rotor oscillating mass together with a minute-repeating mechanism. The first watch of this Ref. 3979 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, p. 320.