Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 12, 2013

LOT 498

PATEK PHILIPPE REF 3940 PINK GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 772371, Ref. 3940. Made circa 1980. Very fine, self-winding, 18K pink gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, Certificate and setting pin.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, curved lugs, concave bezel, correctors on the band sapphire crystal . D. Matte silver with applied pink gold faceted baton indexes, outer dot minutes divisions, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, the week, the 24 hours, the month and the leap year, aperture for the moon phases. Pink gold ?dauphine? hands. M. Cal. 240 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium- plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor mounted on ball bearings. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 8 mm.