Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 516

Yellow Gold, Ref. 3940 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 773150, case No. 2866733, Ref. 3940, first generation. Made in 1990, sold June 1st, 1992. Very fine, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, 24 hour indication, leap year indication and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted winding box, Certificate of Origin, two extra dials, hands and letter of appraisal.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, concave lugs, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the 24 hours and leap year, aperture for the moon phases, outer engraved minute division. Yellow gold dauphine hands. M. 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 flat balance spring, 22K gold micro rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 9 mm.