Live Auction 18894IMPORTANT WATCHES Including The Titanium Collection and an Important Private Asian Collection Part 3
PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE 18K PINK GOLD LIMITED EDITION TONNEAU-SHAPED JUMP HOUR WRISTWATCH, MADE TO COMMEMORATE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF PATEK PHILIPPE
Lot 2408 PATEK PHILIPPE

THE PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION PART 3

PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE 18K PINK GOLD LIMITED EDITION TONNEAU-SHAPED JUMP HOUR WRISTWATCH, MADE TO COMMEMORATE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF PATEK PHILIPPE

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 3969, MOVEMENT NO. 752'930, CASE NO. 2'864'843, MANUFACTURED IN 1989

Closed13 July 2020

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HKD 200,000

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE 18K PINK GOLD LIMITED EDITION TONNEAU-SHAPED JUMP HOUR WRISTWATCH, MADE TO COMMEMORATE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF PATEK PHILIPPE
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 3969, MOVEMENT NO. 752'930, CASE NO. 2'864'843, MANUFACTURED IN 1989
Movement: Cal. 215 HG, manual, 18 jewels, Geneva seal, signed
Dial: Signed
Case: Snap on back with engraved commemorative inscription, 28 mm. wide, 38 mm. overall length, signed
With: 18k pink gold Patek Philippe buckle, undated Certificat d'Origine, Attestation, commemorating medal, sales tag, Extract from the Archives confirming the manufacture of the present watch in 1989 and its subsequent sale on 23 Novmeber, 1989

Specialist note

To the best of our knowledge, the present example has never been offered in public before.

Reference 3969
Patek Philippe's renowned 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.

Reference 3969 is inspired by 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.