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Lot Essay
US$150,000-230,000
This watch is accompanied by a Patek Philippe wooden presentation box with outer packaging, Extract from the Archives confirming production of this watch in 1989 and its subsequent sale on 30 December 1989 and solid case back.
This watch was produced for the 150th anniversary of Patek Philippe.
The manufacture of reference 3979, the legitimate successor of reference 2524/1, was launched in 1989 with movement number 1'904'000, with the majority cased in yellow gold. The model is no longer in production.
It is fitted with the ingenious calibre R 27 PS which impresses not only by its remarkable number of 342 parts but also by Patek Philippe's masterly performance of combining a micro-rotor and a minute repeating mechanism in a proportionally small 12½''' movement.
Reference 3979 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 320.
This watch is accompanied by a Patek Philippe wooden presentation box with outer packaging, Extract from the Archives confirming production of this watch in 1989 and its subsequent sale on 30 December 1989 and solid case back.
This watch was produced for the 150th anniversary of Patek Philippe.
The manufacture of reference 3979, the legitimate successor of reference 2524/1, was launched in 1989 with movement number 1'904'000, with the majority cased in yellow gold. The model is no longer in production.
It is fitted with the ingenious calibre R 27 PS which impresses not only by its remarkable number of 342 parts but also by Patek Philippe's masterly performance of combining a micro-rotor and a minute repeating mechanism in a proportionally small 12½''' movement.
Reference 3979 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 320.