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Even the high expectations of Maison Patek Philippe, well seasoned to astronomical sums being attained for their auctions, must have had their flabber well and truly ghasted at the sum reached for their Ref 3939 Minute Repeater. The wish price was a relatively modest €450k to €650k. By the time the hammer fell for the final time the price was 1.4m euros ($1.9m) – three times the wish price. It makes this elegant black dial minute repeater one of the world’s most expensive watches.
Got it on the net...1.9m$! Yes Patek is on the top: No big news there, they create masterpieces.
But ask the little head on the street, he will tell you another name starting with R...
