THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K gold self-winding perpetual calendar wristwatch with phases of the moon and glazed back

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, MOVEMENT NO. 770'518, CASE NO. 2'823'678, REF. 3941, MANUFACTURED IN 1987

細節

Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K gold self-winding perpetual calendar wristwatch with phases of the moon and glazed back
Signed Patek Philippe, Geneve, movement no. 770'518, case no. 2'823'678, ref. 3941, manufactured in 1987
Cal. 240 Q nickel-finished lever movement stamped with the Geneva seal, 27 jewels, Gyromax balance, free sprung regulator, 22K gold micro-rotor, the gilt matte dial with applied baton numerals, gold dauphine hands, three subsidiary dials indicating day combined with 24 hour display, month combined with leap year indicator, date combined with phases of the moon, in circular case with stepped bezel, glazed snap on back, 18K gold Patek Philippe buckle, case, dial and movement signed
36 mm. diam.

拍品專文

Accompanied by Patek Philippe Certificat d'Origine dated 26 June 1987 and Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1987 and its subsequent sale on 23 March 1987. Furthermore delivered with Patek Philippe 18K gold and wooden setting pin and original fitted wooden presentation box.

Reference 3941 is possibly the rarest variant of the 3940 family of self-winding perpetual calendar wristwatches. Since the glazed backs were not numbered, Patek Philippe chose instead to apply the case number inside the upper case part, underneath the bezel. The present watch is one of less than 20 examples of reference 3941 to appear in public to date. Now offered at auction by its original owner, it is fresh to the market and still retains the original certificate.

Manufacture of references 3940 and 3941 was launched in 1985, the difference between the two reference numbers being their backs:

- ref. 3940: plain snap on back
- ref. 3941: glazed snap on back

To respond to their customers increasing demand for two backs, Patek Philippe produced the model as of around 1988 with both the plain and the glazed snap on back. Consequently, production of reference 3941 was discontinued in 1990.

The model is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, pp. 292 & 293.