PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND VERY RARE PLATINUM AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, 24 HOUR AND LEAP YEAR INDICATION, ROMAN NUMERALS, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX
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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND VERY RARE PLATINUM AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, 24 HOUR AND LEAP YEAR INDICATION, ROMAN NUMERALS, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 3940, MOVEMENT NO. 3'125'335, CASE NO. 4'146'614, CIRCA 2002

Closed27 November 2013

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HKD 400,000

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND VERY RARE PLATINUM AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, 24 HOUR AND LEAP YEAR INDICATION, ROMAN NUMERALS, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 3940, MOVEMENT NO. 3'125'335, CASE NO. 4'146'614, CIRCA 2002
Cal. 240 Q automatic lever movement stamped with the Geneva seal, 27 jewels, white dial, black Roman numerals, three subsidiary dials for day combined with 24 hour indication, month combined with leap year indication and date combined with moon phases, circular case, snap on back, platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp, case, dial and movement signed
36 mm. diam.

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US$40,000-62,000

With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated 1 July 2002, setting pin, product literature, leather wallet and fitted presentation box.

Reference 3940, in production from 1985 until 2006, was available in yellow, pink and white gold and platinum. The rarest version, the platinum models, were delivered with the plain snap on back only whereas the other case versions were available with both solid and glazed back.

The present watch is fresh to the market and in overall excellent condition.

Reference 3940 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 292-293.