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Patek Philippe. A Fine 18k Pink Gold Automatic Perpetual Calendar Wristwatch with Moon Phases
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Patek Philippe. A Fine 18k Pink Gold Automatic Perpetual Calendar Wristwatch with Moon Phases

Signed Patek Philippe, Genève, Ref. 3940R, Movement No. 775'518, Case No. 2'970'053, Manufactured in 1995

Closed16 December 2015

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Patek Philippe. A Fine 18k Pink Gold Automatic Perpetual Calendar Wristwatch with Moon Phases
Signed Patek Philippe, Genève, Ref. 3940R, Movement No. 775'518, Case No. 2'970'053, Manufactured in 1995
Cal. 240 Q automatic lever movement stamped with the Geneva seal, 27 jewels, Gyromax balance, free sprung regulator, 22k gold micro-rotor, silvered dial, applied pink gold baton and square numerals, Dauphine hands, three subsidiary dials for day combined with 12 hours, month combined with leap year and date combined with moon phases, circular case, sapphire crystal display snap on back, 18k pink gold Patek Philippe buckle, case, dial and movement signed
36mm diam.

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Accompanied by a Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with opaline-white dial and rose gold indexes in 1995 and its subsequent sale on March 14th of the following year. Further accompanied by a Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated September 1996.

Reference 3940 was launched in 1985 and replaced reference 3450 using the latest caliber 240. It remained in production until 2003. The present watch is from the second series which was produced for only 10 years between 1988 and 1998.

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