399,500 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, Ref. 5013. Production of this reference started in 1995. Very fine and important, astronomical, minute repeating, self-winding, tonneau-shaped, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, retrograde date, leap year display and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by an original wooden fitted box and the Extract from the Archives. three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave and curved lugs. matte silver with applied gold Breguet numerals, auxiliary seconds dial, sector for the retrograde date, apertures for the days of the week and the months in Arabic numerals and the leap year in Roman numerals. Yellow gold "Breguet" hands. Cal. R 27 PS QR, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses c?tes? decoration, 39 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, repeater on gongs by means of a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 36 x 46 mm. Notes A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Gen?ve, Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, p. 326.Ref. 5013 was until the introduction of the Sky Moon Tourbillon Ref. 5002 the most complicated wristwatch Patek Philippe produced. Self-winding, its movement consists of 515 parts and shares similarities with Ref. 5016, thethemanual-winding retrograde date perpe
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-10-11
