Patek Philippe - The Hong Kong Watch Auction: ONE Hong Kong Monday, November 30, 2015 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Patek Philippe
    Year: Circa 1990
    Reference No: 3945/1
    Movement No: 773'929
    Case No: 2'885'141
    Material: 18k yellow gold
    Calibre: Automatic, 240 Q, 27 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: 18k yellow gold Patek Philippe bracelet, 190 mm. maximum length
    Clasp/Buckle: 18k yellow gold Patek Philippe folding clasp stamped PPC
    Dimensions: 36 mm. diameter
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed
    Provenance: Property from A Very Important Collector

  • Provenance

    Property from A Very Important Collector

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present yellow gold perpetual calendar wristwatch is fitted with a particularly attractive yellow gold mesh bracelet and is in excellent overall condition.

    Reference 3945 was in production starting from 1985 and ceased production in 1998. The watch was a variant of the classic reference 3940. Although reference 3940 features lugs that allow a detachable leather or gold bracelet, reference 3945 was produced to be permanently attached with the bracelet.

  • 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, 24 hours and leap year indicator

Circa 1990
36 mm. diameter
Case, dial and movement signed

Estimate
HK$250,000 - 350,000 

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: ONE

Hong Kong Auction 1 December 2015 11am