$383,600
"Yellow Gold Ref. 5013" Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1908007, case No. 2928478, Ref. 5013. Made in 1992. Very fine and important, tonneau-shaped, minute repeating, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, retrograde date, leap year display and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a mahogany fitted box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave and curved lugs, sapphire crystal. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds, apertures for the day, month, leap year, and moon phases. Yellow gold "Breguet" hands. Cal. R 27 PS QR, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 39 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 22K gold micro rotor, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 36 x 46 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Property of an East Coast Collector Notes Ref. 5013 Production of this reference started in 1992. This reference was, until the introduction of the Sky Moon Tourbillon (Ref. 5002, see lot 289) with 686 parts, the most complex wristwatch Patek Philippe produced. Self-winding, its movement consists of 515 parts and shares similarities with Ref. 5016, the manual-winding retrograde date
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-06-14
