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PATEK PHILIPPE, YELLOW GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR, REF. 3941

Price Realised CHF 40,000

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CHF 26,000 - CHF 50,000

Closed: 16 Nov 2021

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PATEK PHILIPPE, YELLOW GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR, REF. 3941

Price Realised CHF 40,000

Closed: 16 Nov 2021

Price Realised CHF 40,000

Closed: 16 Nov 2021

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CIRCA: 1986
CASE MATERIAL: Yellow gold
CASE DIAMETER: 36 mm.
DIAL: Silvered
MOVEMENT: Automatic
FUNCTIONS: Perpetual calendar
WITH: Product literature, leather folder, presentation box and outer packaging

This lot is subject to standard Swiss VAT rules and 7.7% VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and the ‘buyer’s premium’

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Lot Essay

Consigned by a private collector.

Reference 3941 is possibly the rarest variant of the yellow gold 3940 self-winding perpetual calendar wristwatch series. In fact, since the launch of this model family in 1985, only a handful have returned to the market. Since the glazed backs were not numbered, Patek Philippe chose instead to apply the case number inside the upper case part, underneath the bezel.

Production 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 by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, pp. 292 & 293.