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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, 24 HOUR AND LEAP YEAR INDICATION
Lot 2324 PATEK PHILIPPE
FIRST SERIES WITH GERMAN CALENDAR REF. 3940J

PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, 24 HOUR AND LEAP YEAR INDICATION

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 3940, FIRST SERIES, MOVEMENT NO. 770'577, CASE NO. 2'838'568, MANUFACTURED IN 1987

Closed27 November 2019

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, 24 HOUR AND LEAP YEAR INDICATION
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 3940, FIRST SERIES, MOVEMENT NO. 770'577, CASE NO. 2'838'568, MANUFACTURED IN 1987
Movement: Cal. 240 Q, automatic, 27 jewels, Geneva seal, signed
Dial: First series silvered dial with German calendar, signed
Case: Snap on back, 36 mm. diam., signed
With: 18k gold Patek Philippe buckle, Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with German calendar in 1987 and its subsequent sale on 30 June 1987

Specialist note

The present watch is part of the first series of Reference 3940 which was produced by Patek Philippe for only three years. The main design variants between earlier and later series include sunken subsidiary dials as opposed to the rather beveled version and a plain leap year dial rather than the one with the quarter separations. The rarity of the present lot is further enhanced by the German calendar which is confirmed by the Extract of Archives.