$59,000
"Platinum 5040 P" Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3124877, case No. 2981731, Ref. 5040 P. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, astronomic, self-winding, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, 24-hour indication and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a winding box, certificate and setting pin. Property of an Asian Collector Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Black with applied silver Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, the week, the months, the leap year and the 24 hours, aperture for the moon phases. White gold "feuille" hands. Cal. 240 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 43 mm. Thickness 9 mm. Notes Ref. 5040 Production of this reference started in 1995. A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, p. 295.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-03-28
