3969

In 1989 , Patek Philippe celebrated its 150th anniversary with 8, or should I say 9, timepieces. Concerning the first 8 , the official brochure stated: “For our 150th anniversary we have created eight new models to demonstrate our skills, standards and va

My journey started in 1989. My first purchase was a 3802/200 with a hobnail bezel. Understated elegance. However considering it was 1989 and their 150th anniversary. I became addicted to Patek and sold a classic car 1966 corvette to purchase the 3969 anni

Reference 3969 limited edition released for Pateks 150th. I don’t know why the limited editions like this one & the ones from 175th anniversary don’t get too much love

1. Modify the 5236 to have an instantaneous calendar change. 2. Release a digital hour indication based 6119 as a revival of the 3969, but in round case. 3. Evolve a few models to incorporate zero-reset seconds for time setting ( when crown is pulled) 4.

This is by no means complete but it was as much as I could find Please feel free to add Year Anniversary Model number Metal Retail Number made 1989 150th 3969 rose 450 3969 plat 50 3960 J 2000 G 150 Plat 50 3718 SS 500 cal 89 j 1 rose 1 g 1 plat 1 3974 39

Year Anniversary Model number Metal Retail Number made 1989 150th 3969 rose 450 3969 plat 50 3960 J 2000 G 150 Plat 50 3718 SS cal 89 j 1 rose 1 g 1 plat 1 1997 Move to Plan-les-Ouates 5500 j 14 1100 r 500 g 500 p 300 5029 2000 Millenium 5100 j 1500 r 750

Your 3960P and this 3969P, the perfect pair in my opinion!

is for me the watch missing from my small collection. I actually flew to Frankfurt last year to see a supposedly mint example but it had a visible scratch. Very few are for sale and ever fewer have all the original box and papers. I fell in love with this

And I would have bought the one in Frankfurt if not for the scratch. The 3969R is quite different of course from the 3878J skeleton The latter is a work of art with arguably more hand finishing while the 3969R is a unique and elegant jump hour. Where the