$351,750
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3979 MINUTE REPEATER POSSIBLY UNIQUE BREGUET DIAL WHITE GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, Minute Repeater, No. 1904054, case No. 2963009, Ref. 3979. Sold on 23rd, 2002. Very fine and very rare, minute-repeating, self-winding, 18K white Chronometer wristwatch with Breguet indexes dial and a 18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a Certificate of Origin, fitted mahogany presentation box, instruction booklet, additional hands and enamel dial Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, inclined bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. Silver with applied white gold Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds dial. White gold Breguet hands. Cal. R 27 PS, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium plated, fausses côtes decoration, 39 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 33 mm. THICKNESS 11 mm. Ref. 3979 This series was made in yellow gold, white gold and platinum. Production began in 1989 for the 150th anniversary of Patek Philippe with the calibre R 27 P.S., featuring 342 components and bearing the serial number 1904000. Fabrication of this reference ended in 2002: it was replaced by Ref. 5979. It is a technical exploit incorporating a micro-rotor oscillating
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2014-09-30
