$29,900
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, Ref. 3940. Production of this reference started in 1985.Very fine and very rare, astronomic, self-winding, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. two-body, solid, polished, concave and stepped bezel, sapphire crystal. matte silver with applied white gold indexes, auxiliary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the 24 hours, and the leap year, aperture for the moon phases. "Dauphine" white gold hands. Cal. 240 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 27 jewels, lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, slf-compensating flat balance-spring, mobile stud bearer, 22K gold micro-rotor mounted on ball bearings.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm. Notes Ref. 3940.Production of this reference started in 1985.The model No. 1 was dedicated to Thedore Beyer and is now in the "Museum of Time Measurement" in Zürich.A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998Edition, p. 292.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-09-20
