210,000 CHF
Ref. 5004 Yellow Gold Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 879651, case No. 4007802, Ref. 5004, first generation. Made in 1997, sold on November 6, 1997. Extremely fine, rare and important, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with coaxial round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished, curved bezel, fluted lugs, curved band, coaxial push button in the crown for the split-seconds function, screw-down transparent case back for viewing the movement, sapphire crystals. Matte silver with applied large yellow gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute register and leap year at 3, the seconds and the 24 hours at 9, graduation for the date at 6, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold feuille hands. Cal. CHR 2-70/150, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 28 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness: 13 mm. Notes Ref. 5004 First produced in 1995, this highly complex, manually wound wristwatch combines a split-seconds chronograph with the functions of the perpetual calendar and moon phase. The movement consists of a total of 404 parts. What is a split-seconds chronograph? A split-seconds ch
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-11-11
