Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015

LOT 717

PATEK PHILIPPE REF 3945 PERPETUAL CALENDAR YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 771178, case No. 2841453, Ref. 3945/1. Made in 1990. 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.

Two-body, solid, polished, concave stepped bezel, snap-on case back, recessed winding crown, sapphire crystal. Satine silver with applied yellow gold faceted baton and pyramidal indexes, outer dot minute division, 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, 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.