Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 30, 2014

LOT 112

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 3940 PINK GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 772227, case No. 2884782, Ref. 3940J. Made circa 1988. Very fine and rare, self-winding, 18K pink gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, 24 hour indication, leap year indication.

Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and 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. Pink 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, free-sprung self-compensating flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor.