Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 16, 2014

LOT 220

PATEK PHILIPPE REF 3945, PERPETUAL CALENDAR Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 772149, Ref. 3945/1. Sold on March 12th, 1991. Extremely fine and rare, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an integral 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe mesh bracelet. Accompanied by the original Patek Philippe fitted box, certificate of origin, instruction manual, setting pin and extra winding box.

Two-body, solid, polished, concave stepped bezel, snap-on case back, recessed winding crown, sapphire crystals. Satine silver with applied yellow gold faceted baton and pyramidal indexes, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the 24 hours and the leap year, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold dauphine hands. Cal. 240 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodiumplated, 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.