| Details | ||
| Stock # | SKU19019 | |
| Stock # | 19019 | |
| Model Name | Perpetual Calendar Minute Repeater | |
| Brand | ||
| Model Ref # | 3974 R | |
| Condition | New | |
| Gender | Mens | |
| Movement | Automatic | |
| Case | 18K Rose Gold | |
| Case Shape | Round | |
| Case Size | 36 mm | |
| Crystal | ||
| Band / Strap | Strap | |
| Dial | White | |
| Caseback | Display | |
| Complications |
Date Day & Date Perpetual Calendar Complete Calendar Minute Repeater Moonphase Month, Day, Date |
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| Year | ||
| Additional Information | Collector's new 3974 R complete with box and papers. | |
| Sold | ||
Description
Here is one of Patek Philippe's most important and treasured watches: the minute repeating perpetual calendar reference 3974. Even for watch dealers, the occasion to see and admire such an exceptional horological object as the reference 3974 is rare. As far as minute repeaters are concerned--Patek Philippe is the most hallowed… As far as models are concerned--the 3974 is the most coveted. Automatic…perpetual…and minute repeating--all housed in a massive Calatrava case.
Patek produced the 3974 between 1989 and 1997, and marked Patek’s 150th Anniversary. Production was low, and in rose gold the 3974 is very rare.
I have heard it said that to understand women, it is better to spend ten years with the same woman, than to spend ten years with a different woman each night. So it is with collecting fine watches. A collector can own thousands of watches over a lifetime, and not understand horology as well as he or she will by owning one watch as magnificent as this 3974.
Case is polished 18k rose gold with dimensions of 36mm diameter by 12mm thick. Sapphire crystals front and back.
Dial is solid gold, with silvered color, and applied rose gold stick markers and dauphine hands. The subdial at 3 o'clock displays month and leap year cycle. Subdial at 6 o'clock displays date and moonphase. Subdial at 9 o'clock displays day and 24 hour (am/pm) time.
Movement is the automatic winding Patek Philippe Caliber R 27 Q. Movement also features 39 jewels, self-compensating free-sprung balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and in 5 positions, and stamped with the Geneva Seal. The caliber also features a 22k micro rotor with hand guilloche. The minute repeater's hammer and gongs can be seen through the display back crystal. Movement is constructed from 467 individual parts.
Watch is indiscernible from new and will be delivered with box and papers.
Patek produced the 3974 between 1989 and 1997, and marked Patek’s 150th Anniversary. Production was low, and in rose gold the 3974 is very rare.
I have heard it said that to understand women, it is better to spend ten years with the same woman, than to spend ten years with a different woman each night. So it is with collecting fine watches. A collector can own thousands of watches over a lifetime, and not understand horology as well as he or she will by owning one watch as magnificent as this 3974.
Case is polished 18k rose gold with dimensions of 36mm diameter by 12mm thick. Sapphire crystals front and back.
Dial is solid gold, with silvered color, and applied rose gold stick markers and dauphine hands. The subdial at 3 o'clock displays month and leap year cycle. Subdial at 6 o'clock displays date and moonphase. Subdial at 9 o'clock displays day and 24 hour (am/pm) time.
Movement is the automatic winding Patek Philippe Caliber R 27 Q. Movement also features 39 jewels, self-compensating free-sprung balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and in 5 positions, and stamped with the Geneva Seal. The caliber also features a 22k micro rotor with hand guilloche. The minute repeater's hammer and gongs can be seen through the display back crystal. Movement is constructed from 467 individual parts.
Watch is indiscernible from new and will be delivered with box and papers.
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