152,000 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, Ref. 5004, circa 1997Very fine and important, water-resistant to 2.5 atm, astronomic, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with split-secondschronograph, registers, perpetual calendar and moon phases, 60 hours autonomy, with leather strap andplatinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. three body, solid, polished, case band with 4 setting holes, coaxial push button in the crown for the split-seconds,concave bezel, fluted lugs, domed sapphire crystal. Notes Ref. 5004Production of this reference number started in 1995. This highly complicated manually wound wristwatch combines asplit-second chronograph with the functions of the perpetual calendar and moon phase. It is made up of a total of 404parts.What is a split-seconds chronograph?A split-seconds chronograph or 'rattrapante' is a type of chronograph watch with two coaxial superimposed center-secondshands that are controlled by two push-buttons. One push-button controls the split-seconds hand to stop or jointhe chronograph hand. The other push-buttons control both the hands and all of the functions of the chronograph. Thetwo hands, the chronograph hand and the split-seconds hand, are used for timing several events that start simultaneouslybut are of different durations. To operate the split-seconds chronograph, both hands are started and remainsuperimposed. Then at the end of the first duration, the split-seconds hand can be stopped while the chronograph handcontinues to move. The duration of the
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-11-19
