$218,500
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5101 10 DAY TOURBILLON PLATINUM Patek Philippe, Genève, 10 Days Tourbillon, movement No. 3361093, case No. 4244226, Ref. 5101P. Sold on February 20th , 2004. Extremely fine and very rare, rectangular and curved, Art Deco style platinum and diamond chronometer wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator, tandem mainspring barrels for 10-day power-reserve and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin, chronometer rating certificate, pouch, instructions in a leather folder, and the original wood fitted box. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped curved sides, sapphire case back with 4 screws, Top Wesselton diamond set between the lugs at 6, sapphire crystal. Salmon-colored with applied black oxidized gold Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Black oxidized gold feuille hands. Cal. TO 28-20/222, rectangular, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels, 6 of which are set in gold chatons, tandem mainspring barrels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with A-shaped cage under a polished steel bridge, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, 21,600 semi-oscillations per hour, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 30 x 52 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Property of a North American Collector
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-04-25
