3940J, First Series, Perpetual Calendar, Yellow Gold LeCoultre It represents the final chapter

It represents the final chapter in all of Pre-Daytona and early Rolex chronograph evolution

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widely speculated as part of a broader strategy to reserve the all-black

with ample fine hand finishing techniques employed

Breitling switched very quickly to a Venus calibre for reasons still unknown

3940J, First Series, Perpetual Calendar, Yellow Gold LeCoultre It represents the final chapterA First Series ref. 3940J, one of fewer than 1000 examples. Featuring a 'Type B' Stern configuration with stepped subdials, this early example still employed many manual dial making techniques such as manually finished apertures and applied indices. Just 8mm thanks to the revolutionary micro rotor calibre 240 Q, the 3940 has defined the design of the perpetual calendar as a complication since. This example includes the rarely seen and early ellipse