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Lot 28 PATEK PHILIPPE
PERPETUAL CALENDAR
PERPETUAL CALENDAR
PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY FINE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES AND CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 3940J, MOVEMENT NO. 772'949, CASE NO. 2'905'310, MANUFACTURED IN 1991
Closed10 May 2021
Price Realised
CHF 56,250
More Information
Specialist note
This endangered species strap is shown for display purposes only and is not for sale. The watch will be supplied with a calf leather strap.
The present 3940J is consigned by an important private collector and preserved in excellent overall condition. It is furthermored offered with its Certificate of Origin.
The present watch is from the second series, featuring bevelled subsidiary dials for the 24 hours display and leap year indicator, as opposed to the inner sunken version of the first series and even version of later models. It is belived that only 1'680 pieces of the second series have been produced in yellow gold.
Reference 3940
Reference 3940 is the quintessential perpetual calendar and undeniably amongst Patek Philippe's greatest classics. Launched in 1984 as replacement for reference 3450, it was at the time the slimmest automatic perpetual calendar wristwatch.
The model was available in yellow, pink and white gold and platinum. The rarest version, the platinum models such as the present example, were delivered with the plain snap on back only whereas the other case versions were available with both solid and glazed back.
The present 3940J is consigned by an important private collector and preserved in excellent overall condition. It is furthermored offered with its Certificate of Origin.
The present watch is from the second series, featuring bevelled subsidiary dials for the 24 hours display and leap year indicator, as opposed to the inner sunken version of the first series and even version of later models. It is belived that only 1'680 pieces of the second series have been produced in yellow gold.
Reference 3940
Reference 3940 is the quintessential perpetual calendar and undeniably amongst Patek Philippe's greatest classics. Launched in 1984 as replacement for reference 3450, it was at the time the slimmest automatic perpetual calendar wristwatch.
The model was available in yellow, pink and white gold and platinum. The rarest version, the platinum models such as the present example, were delivered with the plain snap on back only whereas the other case versions were available with both solid and glazed back.