Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015

LOT 477

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3940 FIRST GENERATION YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 770636, case No. 2841329, Ref. 3940. Made circa 1988. Very fine and rare, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, 24 hour indication, leap year indication and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal. Matte silver with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes, outer engraved minute divisions, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the 24 hours and leap year, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold dauphine hands. Cal. 240Q, 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.