$439,600
Enamel Dial Tourbillon Minute Repeater Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1903068, case No. 4188351, Ref. 3939HP. Sold in November 2004. Very fine and rare, minute-repeating platinum wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, additional case back, COSC certificate and certificate of Origin. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back. White enamel with applied 18K white gold Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. White gold Breguet hands. Cal. RTO 27 PS, stamped with the Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes 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, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Property of a North American Collector Notes 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 (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 Banbe
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-12-05
