Thanks for your nice post 🙏 Mine says hi 👋 even if it’s a 3940 and not 3941 😉

Just wanted to share some thoughts and feelings about a watch that continues to win my heart, decades after its debut - the Patek Philippe 3941J with that stunning opaline dial. I picked up my example all the way back in 1987, and every time I wear it, th

But in the first few years, the display casebook was not offered on the 3940 per se; it was reserved for the same watch but with the different reference number 3941. After 1990, Patek dropped the reference number and made the 3940 with a display caseback,

I also love mine it’s a perfect and wonderful daily wearer 😉 I guess you mean 3941… My 3940 says hi… 😉

I recently collected my watch from the Patek salon in London after a service. Although it seems service these days takes a long time, I cannot be happier with the result or the extraordinary courtesy received from the team on Bond Street. Their welcome on

I love the size of the 3941 and as far as readability goes, after a while you rely on the position of the hands on the subdials as opposed to reading numerals or tiny letters, and discern the info you need. I'm proud to own a 5970 but still regret passing

An unbeatable daily companion.

“Bird law in this country is not governed by reason.” – Charlie Kelly The Patek Philippe 3940 is among the loveliest references of the past fifty years and, in this author’s opinion, is perhaps the reference that best represents wh

I worry about wearing it outside and doing something clumsy with it on my wrist! As for setting it, I've probably learned to do one or two more complicated things in my life and could probably figure this one out. But my manual 5070, or my 3941 that stays

Interesting tidbit! I was looking around and found this one at Windvintage: and this one at Philips: www.phillips.com 25. Do you know why this one doesn't have the same subdial on the right side (I prefer yours)? So only a couple dozen were made a