428,500 CHF
Patek Philippe Platinum & Enamel Dial Minute Repeater & Tourbillon Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1903064, case No. 4188348, Ref. 3939HP. Sold on February 10, 2003. Extremely fine and rare, minute-repeating, platinum wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator, enamel Breguet dial and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Patek Philippe fitted box, additional solid platinum case back and Certificate of Origin. Three-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, transparent case back. White enamel with applied 18K white gold Breguet numerals, outer dot minute indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. White gold Breguet hands. Cal. RTO 27 PS, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 28 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with 3 equidistant steel arms under a polished steel bridge, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33.5 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Notes It appears that from our research this watch is only the fifth example of the reference 3939 in platinum to appear at auction. Production of the reference 3939 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 (ma
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-03-27
