Patek Philippe. A very fine and rare 18K pink gold and diamond-set perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with phases of the moon and pink dial

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, MOVEMENT NO. 3'045'786, CASE NO. 4'010'821, REF. 3990, MANUFACTURED IN 2000

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Patek Philippe. A very fine and rare 18K pink gold and diamond-set perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with phases of the moon and pink dial
Signed Patek Philippe, Geneve, movement no. 3'045'786, case no. 4'010'821, ref. 3990, manufactured in 2000
Cal. 27-70 Q nickel-finished lever movement stamped twice with the Geneva seal, 24 jewels, Gyromax balance, free sprung regulator, the pink matte dial with diamond-set numerals, luminous hands, outer Arabic five minute divisions, two apertures for day and month, three subsidiary dials indicating 12 hours register combined with constant seconds, 30 minutes register combined with leap year indicator, phases of the moon combined with date, in circular water-resistant-type case with baguette-cut diamond-set bezel, glazed screw back, downturned fluted lugs, two round chronograph buttons in the band, 18K gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp, case, dial and movement signed
36 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

Accompanied by Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated 1 November 2000 and confirming production of the present watch with pink dial, diamond-set numerals and 40 baguette-cut diamonds of 2.76 carats. Furthermore delivered with the copy of Patek Philippe invoice dated 17 September 2001 for the free overhaul of the watch, comprised in the international guarantee.

The present watch has never been offered at auction before and is furthermore believed to be the first example of a reference 3990R to appear in public to date.

Reference 3990R was in production between 1997 and 2004; only a small number of this model was made.

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