696,000 CHF
Unique Dial Platinum 5016 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 1905052, case No. 4090344, Ref. 5016P. Sold on November 13th, 2001. Extremely fine, rare and important, astronomic, minute-repeating, platinum wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator, retrograde perpetual calendar, moon phases, and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted wooden box, a platinum and ebony setting pin, certificate of origin and a solid platinum case back. Three-body, solid, polished, fluted lugs, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. White with applied ruby and 8 applied diamonds, subsidiary seconds dial, concentric retrograde graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months, the leap year and the moon phases. White gold Feuille hands. Cal. RTO 27 PS-QR, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 28 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with polished steel cage and 3 equidistant arms, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating a platinum slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Notes Ref. 5016 This reference is the second most complicated wristwatch ever produced by Patek Philippe and stands in a long tradition of extremely fine and highly complicated mechanical timepieces. Admired by enthusiasts for its
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-05-10
