Important Watches, Collector's Wrist...

Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2001

LOT 393

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 770723, Ref. 3940. Production of this reference started in 1985.Fine astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp.

C. two-body, solid, polished, transparent back, concave and stepped bezel, sapphire crystal. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold indexes, auxiliary dials for the days of the month, days of the week, the months, the 24 hours, and the leap year, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold "Dauphine" hands. M. 240 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 27 jewels, lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positionsshock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, mobile stud bearer, 22K gold micro-rotor mounted on ball bearings.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.Ref. 3940Production of this reference started in 1985.This watch No. 2 was part of a limited edition of 25 pieces procuced to the Chronometrie Beyer in 1985, in occasion of its 225th Anniversary in 1985.The model No. 1 was dedicated to Thedore Beyer on this occasion and is now in "The Museum of Time Measurement in Zürich", the watch is published in "Patek Philippe Genève, Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, Patek Philippe S.A., Geneva, 1998 Edition, pp. 292 and 294.