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New York, Jun 18, 2008

LOT 237

Pink Gold Ref. 3941 Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 772415, Ref. 3941R. Made circa 1995. Very fine and rare, self-winding, 18K pink gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by an original fitted box, Certificate of Origin, and documentation.

USD 60,000 - 80,000

EUR 40,000 - 52,000

C. Two-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold faceted baton and pyramidal indexes, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, the week, the 24 hours, the month and leap year, aperture for the moon phases. Pink 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, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 9 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 3940 and 3941 When Patek Philippe first launched this new series of watches in 1985, Ref. 3940 had a metallic clip-on back, while Ref. 3941 was equipped exclusively with a sapphire crystal back. The reference number of this model was soon standardized to Ref. 3940, and was sold with two case backs, except for the platinum model. Consequently, very few examples bear the Ref. 3941.
A similar watch is published in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, pp. 292-294.
Seal of Geneva, or Poinçon de Genève, Are punch-marks in the form of the Geneva coat-of-arms The Poinçon de Genève is considered an equivalent to a Bulletin Officiel de Marche. Watches beaqring this mark on a movement bridge and main plate, may be officially termed ?chronometers?