36,800 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève No. 771067,Ref. 3941, sold on October 7, 1988.Fine astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, leather strap and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle, and an 18K yellow gold and black push-pin. Accompanied by wooden fitted box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, transparent back. matte silver with applied 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” gold hands. Cal. 240 Q, stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, “fausses côtes” decoration,27 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-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 and 3941When Patek Philippe first launched this new series of watches in 1985, Ref. 3940 was the model bearing a metallic clip-on back, while Ref. 3941 was equipped with a screwed sapphire crystal back. Very soon, the reference number of this model was standardized to Ref. 3940, sold either with one or two screwed backs; one of these backs could be a screwed metallic back, while the second, (non-compulsory), a screwed sapphire crystal back. In consequence, very few examples bear the Ref. 3941.A similar watch is published in Pa
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-04-02
