Patek Philippe
Reference 3945/1J | A yellow gold perpetual calendar bracelet watch with moon phases, leap year and 24-hour indication | Circa 1998
Auction Closed
November 9, 12:39 PM GMT
Estimate
19,000 - 38,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
Dial: silvered
Calibre: cal. 240/114 automatic, 27 jewels
Movement number: 3'124'647
Case: 18k yellow gold, snap-on sapphire crystal display case back
Case number: 2'905'492
Closure: 18k yellow gold Patek Philippe integrated bracelet and locking clasp
Size: 36 mm diameter, bracelet circumference approximately 195 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: no
Papers: no
Accessories: none
Production of reference 3945/1 began in 1985 and ceased around 1998. The model was manufactured in two series, the first with sunken leap year dial, the second featured a cross through the leap year dial. Reference 3945/1 incorporated the calibre 240Q with a movement thickness of just 2.4mm and power reserve of 48 hours.
The Reference 3945 is distinguished from Reference 3940 in that it features an integrated bracelet, elegant and stylistically characteristic of gentlemen's dress wristwatches in the 1980s and 1990s. Today, this watch remains a classic collectable, quintessentially Patek Philippe in its understated and refined use of 18k yellow gold. The following example was made in the very end of the production of this reference.