Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 10, 2015

LOT 500

PATEK PHILIPPE REF 3940 PERPETUAL CALENDAR YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3124231, case No 4043208, Ref. 3940J. Sold on June 22nd, 1999. Very fine and rare, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, 24 hour and leap year indication, moon phases and a 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by an original winding box, Certificate of Origin, setting pin, extra yellow gold case back, and leather folder with instruction booklet.

Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, domed sapphire crystal, snap-on sapphire transparent case back. Matte silver with applied white gold faceted and pyramidal indexes, outer minute dot divisions, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the 24 hours and the leap year, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold dauphine hands. Cal. 240/Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor.