$272,000
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1905053, case No. 4129608, Ref. 5016 P-012. Production of this reference started in 1993. Extremely fine and rare, astronomic, one minute tourbillon regulator, minute repeating, platinum, gentle-man’s wristwatch with retrograde perpetual calendar and moon phases. Accompanied by a platinum Patek Philippe buckle, extra plain platinum case back, extra anthracite dial stamped 18K gold on the back plate, platinum and ebony setting pin. Accompanied an by original certificate. three-body, solid, polished, fluted lugs, transparent case back, sapphire crystal. champagne with applied white gold Breguet numerals and auxiliary seconds dial, inner retrograde graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months, the leap year and the moon phases. “Breguet” white gold hands. Cal. RTO 27 PS-QR, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 28 jewels, lateral lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating free-sprung balance-spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Notes REF. 5016 Is the second most complicated wristwatch ever produced by Patek Philippe and stands in a long tradition of extreme-ly fine and highly complicated mechanical timepieces. It is surpassed only by Ref. 5002, the new “Sky Moon Tourbillon”. Ref. 5002” and Ref. 5016 are the only tourbillon wri
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-03-13
