Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hog Kong, Feb 26, 2011

LOT 259

Patek Philippe Ref. 3940 Patek Philippe, Genève, Ref. 3940, ?Third Generation?, movement No. 771842, case No. 2866831. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, 24 hour and leap year indication, moon phases and a 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, setting pin, tag and extra strap.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, domed sapphire crystal, snap-on case back. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold faceted baton and pyramidal indexes, outer minute dot 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. M. 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, selfcompensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 8 mm.