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I love the introduction! Thanks for the background.
So nice of you to try to get your sons into fine timepieces. I am hoping my daughters will appreciate my watches when I pass it on to them.
As for the Certificate of Origin it looks like one of the earlier versions. I have a 3940 in platinum and the papers look the same; metal indicated as "platine" but not beside the reference number. I hope this helps.
My 3940 in platinum is from 1990 so it was the first year when Philippe Stern began signing the papers. Yours is before that so it's still good old Henri signing 'em, as we can see from the pic you uploaded!
Patek 3940 - different models
I purchased a new 3940 on 7/1/1987. On the "Certificate d'origine" the Reference model says 3940. I've been trying to get an appraisal on the thing but most of the 3940 models I see for sale have a letter after the number. 3940 3940 P 3940 J 3940 R 3940 S...
3940 is the start of the reference and
J means yellow gold R rose gold G white gold P platinum Second series refers to the dial variations. I think the 2nd series was between 1987 and 1989. With the 2nd series dials there were no lines between numbers in the leap year indicator at 3 o'clock. H...
Yellow Gold
As you can see here the Reference # is just "3940". Down in the bottom half it say "Boitier/Case: or jaune" which translates to "yellow gold". There is no reference to the letter "J". Is this unusual? ...
I think it is...
The Certificate of mine is stating as reference 3940R-(dial number). However, the Certificate is of the current type. I also checked a Certificate that is of the same type than yours (the previous type) and there the type of gold is not stated in the refe...
Certificate of Origine
Some doubts about Certificate of Origine: strange to see a new type of Certificate of Origine dated 1987....it should be smaller and different; but may be I'm wrong.
I have a similar from about the same years
so I do not see any problems there. Best, Kari
Can' Upload Photo
I uploaded a photo yesterday (Certificate of Origin) but now I am trying to upload a jpg of the watch itself. I keep getting this ERROR message: ERROR The following error has occurred while attempting to upload your files: Uploader was passed an invalid b...
Patek 3940
There is no real problem at all. I'm just trying to figure out how much I should insure it for. I look at eBay and the prices for a 3940 are all over the map differing by $30,000 if not more. I wonder what the differences are in the watches. I've sent my ...
Funny how different it looks...
Mine is the same watch but produced some 15 years later. Small changes make the dial to look very different. Best, Kari ...
First of all welcome to the forum.
A short introduction would have been nice, before asking for help. Just a question of politeness, isn´t it? Nonetheless, it looks like you bought yourself a 3940J from the first series. My guess based on the movement of the document shown. Are we talking ...
Thanks for the welcome.
Actually I've been a member of the forum for several years. It has been several years since I have posted anything. When I came here last week it showed some history at my email address but It wanted me to sign in with a secret word or some such thing. It...
Got to say
I love the introduction! Thanks for the background. So nice of you to try to get your sons into fine timepieces. I am hoping my daughters will appreciate my watches when I pass it on to them. As for the Certificate of Origin it looks like one of the earli...
Series I
the dial looks like a Series I. Does it have a metallic clip on back or screw on back?
Welcome & thank you for your detailed introduction
I am not sure when the 3940 was originally released? But your piece must be quite close? It will be make a lovely inheritance for your family. :)
Even when it was your "second" introduction ...
I liked it a lot. You think it was too long? Come on we are talking about things that nobody needs anyway ... and we love to do so :-) Passion - looking at your avatar picture I would say you have a lot to share. Looking forward to your contributions! Sen...