Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar Desk Ground controllers spent eight hours

Ground controllers spent eight hours trying to solve the problem

Designed in the style of a classic ‘flieger’ timepiece

Some suppose that it might have been released as a trial run that never went to full production

but Lemania most likely made the entire watch for Philip Morris

Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar Desk Ground controllers spent eight hoursWhat youre looking at is arguably one of the most beautiful perpetual calendar watches ever made, full stop. And perhaps one of the most important, too. The Reference 3940 was born in 1985, at a time when the watch world was in the midst of the Quartz Crisis and most brands were churning out inexpensive, battery powered watches and struggling to stay afloat. Alas, Patek Philippe was never one to follow the crowd, and released both the ref. 3940