$47,200
"Platinum 3940" Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3127311, case No. 4260915, Ref. 3940. Sold on Sept. 27, 2005. Very fine and rare, astronomic, self-winding, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted winding box, setting pin and certificate. Two-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, domed sapphire crystal. Matte silver with applied white gold indexes, 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. White gold "dauphine" hands. Cal. 240/Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Glucydur 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. Notes Ref. 3940 Production of this reference started in 1985. The model No. 1 was dedicated to Theodor 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, 1998 Edition, p. 292.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-03-15
