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Lot 2679
PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY FINE AND RARE 18K PINK GOLD LIMITED EDITION TONNEAU-SHAPED JUMP HOUR WRISTWATCH WITH ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE, COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL AND BOX, MADE TO COMMEMORATE PATEK PHILIPPE'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, JUMP HOUR MODEL, REF. 3969, MOVEMENT NO. 752'694, CASE NO. 2'864'607, CIRCA 1989
Closed27 November 2013
Price Realised
HKD 237,500
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Specialist note
US$25,000-35,000
With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated July 1989, Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres Watch Rate Certificate, Attestation, commemorative medal, product literature, instruction manual, leather wallet, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Patek Philippe's celebrated reference 3969 series was made in a limited edition of 450 examples in pink gold and 50 in platinum to celebrate the company's 150th Anniversary in 1989. The model is a reproduction of the jump hour watch originally launched by Patek Philippe in the 1920s. The particularity of a jump hour watch lies in its unusual mechanism and appearance. The hours are indicated by a small disc turning underneath a window. The disc rotates every time the minute hand, set within the centre of the dial, hits the full hour. The tonneau-shaped case was a typical design of the 1920s and is currently reliving a nostalgic popularity.
Both jump hour models are described and illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, pp. 120 & 121.
With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated July 1989, Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres Watch Rate Certificate, Attestation, commemorative medal, product literature, instruction manual, leather wallet, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Patek Philippe's celebrated reference 3969 series was made in a limited edition of 450 examples in pink gold and 50 in platinum to celebrate the company's 150th Anniversary in 1989. The model is a reproduction of the jump hour watch originally launched by Patek Philippe in the 1920s. The particularity of a jump hour watch lies in its unusual mechanism and appearance. The hours are indicated by a small disc turning underneath a window. The disc rotates every time the minute hand, set within the centre of the dial, hits the full hour. The tonneau-shaped case was a typical design of the 1920s and is currently reliving a nostalgic popularity.
Both jump hour models are described and illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, pp. 120 & 121.