78,000 CHF
Patek Philippe White Gold, Ref. 5041 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3124355, case No. 4032617, Ref. 5041G. Made in 1999, sold on February 19th, 1999. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, 18K white gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, 24-hour indication and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted wooden Patek Philippe box, the Extract from the Archives and setting pin. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Black with applied white gold Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, 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 Breguet 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. Dim. 35 x 43 mm. Thickness 9 mm. Notes In production from 1995 to 2003, the reference 5041 is undoubtedly the rarest and probably the least produced modern perpetual calendar. With a total production believed to be from 30 to 40 units only, the ref. 5041 (available in white gold only) had various minor differences in comparison to its sister reference 5040. - The bezel: while reference 3940 has a rounded bezel, this ref
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-03-20
