$204,800
Platinum “Ref. 5004 P” Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 879880, case No. 4146755, Ref. 5004P. Sold on January 1, 2003. Very fine and important, astronomic, water-resistant, platinum and diamonds gentleman's wristwatch with split-seconds chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, moon phases and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives, a wooden fitted box, an additional case back and a setting pin. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, case band with 4 correctors, co-axial push button in the crown for the split-seconds function, concave bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. Black with square-cut and baguette diamond markers, 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 scale. White gold "feuille" hands. Cal. CHR 2-70/150, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 28 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Glucydur Gyromax balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Notes Ref.5004 First produced in 1995, this highly complicated, manually wound wristwatch combines a split-seconds chronograph with the functions of the perpetual calendar and moon phase. The movement consists of a total of 404 parts.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-09-20
