75,600 CHF
Ref. 5070G Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3362731, case No. 4310292, Ref. 5070G. Sold on April 10, 2006. Very fine and rare, large, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with square-button chronograph, register, tachometer and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin and Instruction Booklet. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent and screw-down case back, wide inclined stepped bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. Brushed silver with applied black oxydized gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outer tachometer graduation and outermost minute track with fifths of a second divisions. Black oxydized gold feuille hands. Cal. 27-70/157, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, free-sprung Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Notes A similar watch is illustrated in “Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches” by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore Genova, 2004, vol. I, p. 115.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-05-11