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  • Manufacturer: Patek Philippe
    Year: Circa 2015
    Reference No: 5940G-001
    Movement No: 5’847’884
    Case No: 6’026’478
    Material: 18K white gold
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 240 Q C, 45 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Crocodile
    Clasp/Buckle: 18K white gold Patek Philippe pin buckle
    Dimensions: 37mm diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and buckle signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated 25th March 2015 stamped Orologeria Pisa, Milano, instruction manual, product literature, setting pin, hang tag, additional solid caseback, leather folio, outer packaging and fitted presentation box.

  • Catalogue Essay

    With a classic and traditional appeal, the Patek Philippe ref. 5940 was launched in 2012 replacing its former ref. 5040. Featuring a perpetual calendar complication, the reference offered clients of Patek Philippe a choice of owning a Patek Philippe perpetual calendar wristwatch in a cushion-shaped case. Initially launched in yellow gold, the white gold variant of the reference was released two years later in 2014, featuring a silvery white dial. A black dial variant was launched a year later.

    Attractive and comfortable measuring 37mm in diameter, the elegant case houses a beautiful dial with applied white gold Breguet numerals, which is always a plus for collectors. The art-deco inspired font of the date wheel is also a nice and subtle touch offering the wearer with a heightened vintage appeal.

    The present example Patek Philippe ref. 5940G with a silvery white dial from circa 2015 is very well-preserved and is further accompanied by its full set of accessories including its original additional solid caseback. Undervalued with an attractive wrist presence, the ref. 5940 is certainly up in the charts for collectors seeking for a perpetual calendar wristwatch by the firm who innovated the very first self-winding perpetual calendar wristwatch, Patek Philippe.

  • Artist Biography

    Patek Philippe

    Swiss • 1839

    Since its founding in 1839, this famous Geneva-based firm has been surprising its clientele with superbly crafted timepieces fitted with watchmaking's most prestigious complications. Traditional and conservative designs are found across Patek Philippe's watches made throughout their history — the utmost in understated elegance.

    Well-known for the Graves Supercomplication — a highly complicated pocket watch that was the world’s most complicated watch for 50 years — this family-owned brand has earned a reputation of excellence around the world. Patek's complicated vintage watches hold the highest number of world records for results achieved at auction compared with any other brand. For collectors, key models include the reference 1518, the world's first serially produced perpetual calendar chronograph, and its successor, the reference 2499. Other famous models include perpetual calendars such as the ref. 1526, ref. 3448 and 3450, chronographs such as the reference 130, 530 and 1463, as well as reference 1436 and 1563 split seconds chronographs. Patek is also well-known for their classically styled, time-only "Calatrava" dress watches, and the "Nautilus," an iconic luxury sports watch first introduced in 1976 as the reference 3700 that is still in production today.

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Ref. 5940G-001
A fine and attractive white gold cushion-shaped perpetual calendar wristwatch with moon phases, leap year indication, Breguet numerals, additional solid caseback, Certificate of Origin and presentation box

Circa 2015
37mm diameter
Case, dial, movement and buckle signed

Estimate
HK$275,000 - 390,000 
€29,600-42,000
$35,300-50,000

Sold for HK$378,000

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XI

Hong Kong Auction 29 November 2020