Sold for 1.4 million Euro, or nearly $2 million US$

The Only Watch 2011 Auction in Monaco is over and the results are now in. Overall, the standout of the event was the Patek Philippe, a unique version of Ref. 3939, which went for a staggering 1.4 Million Euros (around US$ 2 million). For many connoisseurs, Patek Philippe's Ref. 3939 - with its minute repeater, tourbillon, and subsidiary seconds dial - constitutes the apex of watchmaking, the most beautiful blend of elegance and discretion.

To support Only Watch 2011 Patek Phillipe created a unique Manual Wound Stainless Steel Minute Repeater with a black enamel dial based on the emblematic Ref 3939 model. The Only Watch 2011 Ref. 3939 special model is the first stainless steel minute repeater introduced in Patek Phillipe´s contemporary collections and will remain the one and only steel Ref. 3939 ever produced by the company. Patek phillipe hopes that the pure sound of the minute repeater chiming mechanism of this unique timepiece will support the message of hope for the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research.

As the name implies, these movements are wound by turning the crown. The tensioned mainspring drives the wheels inside the watch as it gradually relaxes. Whether ultra thin, cut-away “skeleton”, simple or complicated, the manually wound movement is greatly appreciated by aficionados of traditional watchmaking. Here are the other details of this watch