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250<br />

Patek Philippe Genève · Movm. No. 1906070 · Ref. 3974 ·<br />

Cal. R 27 Q · circa 1993<br />

A gent‘s important, almost as new, astronomic, automatic<br />

Geneva minute repeating wristwatch with perpetual<br />

calendar, leap year indication and moon phase · with<br />

original mahogany box, original certificate, setting pin<br />

and an additional 18k gold push back – the present level<br />

of knowledge is that no more than approximately 100<br />

examples of this reference were produced<br />

Case: 18k gold · glazed push back · slide for repeating mechanism<br />

Dial: gold · opaline silvered · applied gold indexes · 24h indication ·<br />

signed · moon phase · day-date-month-leap year-indication ·<br />

gold dauphine hands<br />

Movm.: 22k gold microrotor movement · rhodium-plated ·<br />

“fausses côtes” decoration · 8 adj. · 39 jewels · mirror-polished<br />

screws · Geneva quality hallmark · Gyromax balance · blued<br />

balance spring · shock protection for balance · governor ·<br />

2 hammers/2 gongs<br />

Ref. 3974<br />

Ref. 3974 was produced from 1989 to 1997. The reference was<br />

introduced on occasion of the 150th anniversary of Patek Philippe<br />

as a small series of watches in 18K yellow gold, pink gold, and<br />

white gold as well as some few examples in platinum. Ref. 3974 is<br />

fitted with caliber R 27 Q with its 467 components. The<br />

serial numbers begin with 1906000. The movement is<br />

a technical masterpiece which features a microrotor oscillating<br />

mass, a minute repeating mechanism and a perpetual calendar<br />

fitted together in a very small space.<br />

The first watch of Ref. 3974 is illustrated in “Patek Philippe Wristwatches”,<br />

by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, p. 325.<br />

200.000 – 300.000 EUR<br />

253.400 – 380.150 USD<br />

238<br />

J.J. (Josett Julien) / Henry Clavel, Paris, 83 x 62 x 23 mm,<br />

circa 1782<br />

A very fine French gold enamel snuff-box with original case<br />

“The Perfumer”<br />

Case: 20k gold, case makers punch mark “JJ” (Josset Julien),<br />

charge mark Henry Clavel (1781–1783), crossed double “L” with<br />

leaves and branches, guild punch mark “T” of 1782.<br />

Oval box, all sides engine-turned and enamelled in translucent<br />

grey-blue, mounted gold bands applied with translucent green<br />

enamelled foliage set with pearls, the lid inset with an oval<br />

enamel miniature painted with an affluent dressed perfumer in<br />

front of his house alluring a young woman, in the background an<br />

impishly looking lad with a mortar, pearl-set border.<br />

25.000 – 30.000 EUR<br />

34.000 – 40.800 USD

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