362,500 HKD
Patek Philippe, White Gold Ref. 5140 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3677915, case No. 4405938, Ref. 5140G. Made in 2007, sold in June 2008. Very fine and rare, self-winding, 18K white gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original winding fitted box, Certificate of Origin, 18K solid white gold case back, setting pin and booklets. Two-body, solid, polished, correctors on the band, concave bezel, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Matte silver with applied white gold baton indexes, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, the week, the 24 hours, the month and leap year, aperture for the moon phases. White gold dauphine hands. Cal. 240/114, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 27 jewels, straightline lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37.2 mm. Thickness 9 mm. Notes Ref. 5140 Following the Ref. 3940, first introduced in 1985, at the Basel fair of 2006 Patek Philippe announced the successor of this true classic, the newly redesigned Reference 5140. Featuring the same self-winding caliber 240 Q, its case measured 37.2 mm as compared to the 36 mm of the previous case. The new design ensured the continuity of this timeless
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-10-09
