Important Collector's Wristwatches an...

New York, Omni Berkshire Place Hotel, May 11, 1998

LOT 229

Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve No. 772124, Ref. 3940, sold in February 1991. Fine astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, fitted box with eletric rotating system and certificate.

C. massive, polished, concave bezel. D. matt silver with applied gold indexes + auxiliary dials for the clays of the month, of the week, the months, the 24 hours, and the leap year, aperture for the lunations. "Dauphine" gold hands. M. 240 Q Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 27 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, antishock system, self-compensating flat balance-spring, mobile stud bearer, 22K gold microrotor mounted on ball bearings. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm.