246,000 CHF
Patek Philippe ref. 5004 Platinum Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 879907, case No. 4146750, Ref. 5004P. Made in 2002 and sold on March 19th, 2003. Extremely rare and important, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with split-seconds chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year, 24 hour indication and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted wooden box, push pin, a spare solid platinum case back and Certificate of Origin. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent screwed-down case back, case band with 4 correctors, co-axial pushbutton in the crown for the split-seconds function, concave bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. Silvered with applied white gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute register and leap year at 3, the days of the month at 6, the seconds and the 24 hours at 9, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases, outer 1/5th seconds track. White gold feuille hands. Cal. CHR 27-70Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 28 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung Glucydur Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 14.5 mm. Notes To the best of our knowledge, fewer than 20 such pieces have been offered at auction. Ref. 5004 First produced in 1994, this highly complicated, manually wound wristwatch combines a split-seconds c
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-03-20
