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3940P and 3940R - the “understated elegance”
Oct 28, 2020,09:32 AM
When my late father liked a certain reference, he would buy at least a pair. When I was young, I could not understand why he did so. Many years later, I suspect that his horological passion is so strong that he felt that his Pateks were like his children and that he wanted more than one. No matter what, I hope that he loved me more than his watches ! 🤣
Seriously though, 3940P and R have the same classy and classic Patek DNA and yet they are so different. Introduced in 1985, this elegant automatic perpetual calendar came out against the Quartz trends. Days and months aperture were replaced by sub-dials. They are 3 series to this model. I believe my dad’s models are from the 2nd series which was produced between 1987 & 1989. The Swiss sigma is below the outer minute track.