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PATEK PHILIPPE, REF. 3940P
Lot 2412

PATEK PHILIPPE, REF. 3940P

FINE AND RARE PLATINUM AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES AND LEAP YEAR MOVEMENT NO. 771429, CASE NO. 2856255, MANUFACTURED IN 1988

Closed30 May 2011

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HKD 437,500

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PATEK PHILIPPE, REF. 3940P
FINE AND RARE PLATINUM AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES AND LEAP YEAR
MOVEMENT NO. 771429, CASE NO. 2856255, MANUFACTURED IN 1988
Calibre 240 Q, 27 jewels, 22k gold micro-rotor, silvered dial, applied white gold baton numerals, white gold dauphine hands, three subdials for day and 24-hour display, month and leap year, moon phases and date, platinum case, snap on back, platinum PP buckle, case, dial and movement signed
Diameter: 36 mm.

Specialist note

US$35,000-50,000

With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming dates of manufacture and sale, presentation case and outer packaging.

Reference 3940 was in production from 1985 until 2006 and replaced by reference 5140. The present lot is one of only 30 examples of reference 3940 in platinum to appear at auction to date.

The model is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, pp. 292-293.