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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare platinum automatic perpetual calendar wristwatch with moon phases and Certificate of Origin
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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare platinum automatic perpetual calendar wristwatch with moon phases and Certificate of Origin

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 3940, MOVEMENT NO. 773'232, CASE NO. 2'910'238, MANUFACTURED IN 1992

Closed15 November 2010

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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare platinum automatic perpetual calendar wristwatch with moon phases and Certificate of Origin
Signed Patek Philippe, Geneve, ref. 3940, movement no. 773'232, case no. 2'910'238, manufactured in 1992
Cal. 240 Q nickel-finished lever movement stamped with the Geneva seal, 27 jewels, Gyromax balance, free sprung regulator, 22K gold micro-rotor, silvered matte dial, applied white gold baton numerals, three subsidiary dials for day and 24 hour display, month and leap year, moon phases and date, circular case, snap on back, platinum Patek Philippe buckle, case, dial and movement signed
36 mm. diam.

Specialist note

With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin and Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with silvery opaline-white dial and white gold indexes in 1992 and its subsequent sale on 21 November 1992. Furthermore delivered with the instructions manual.

To the best of our knowledge, this watch has never been offered in public before.

Reference 3940, in production from 1985 until 2006, was available in different case materials, platinum being the rarest. The model is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, pp. 292-293.