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  • Manufacturer: Patek Philippe
    Year: Circa 1989
    Reference No: 3945/1
    Movement No: 771'532
    Case No: 2'856'684
    Material: 18k yellow gold
    Calibre: Automatic, 240 Q, 27 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: 18k yellow gold Patek Philippe bracelet, 185 mm. maximum length
    Clasp/Buckle: 18k yellow gold Patek Philippe folding clasp stamped PPC
    Dimensions: 36 mm. diameter
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed
    Accessories: With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated April 1989, sale receipt dated 8 July 1989, product literature and leather wallet.

  • Catalogue Essay

    Reference 3945 bracelet watch was in production from 1985 to 1998, offered as a variant to the celebrated reference 3940. The watch was produced with an integral gold bracelet whereas the reference 3940 features lugs that allow a detachable leather strap or gold bracelet.
    Completed with original certificate and sales invoice, this present watch fresh to the market and is offered in excellent overall condition.

  • 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. 3945/1
A fine and rare yellow gold perpetual calendar bracelet watch with moon phases, leap year indicator, 24 hours, original certificate and sales invoice

Circa 1989
36 mm. diameter
Case, dial and movement signed

Estimate
HK$220,000 - 270,000 

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: TWO

Hong Kong Auction 31 May 2016