$51,920
"Pink Gold Ref. 5070" Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3362892, case No. 4359176, Ref. 5070 R. Sold on July 6, 2006. Very fine and rare, large, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a mahogany wooden fitted box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent screwed-down case back, stepped bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. Satiné silver with applied pink gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outer tachometer graduation, outermost 1/5th seconds scale. Pink gold "feuille" hands. Cal. 27-70/157, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 24 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung Glucydur Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Notes A similar watch is published in “Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches” by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore Genova, 2004, vol. I, p. 115.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-06-14
