$288,400
“10-Day Tourbillon” Patek Philippe, Genève, “10-Day Tourbillon”, No. 3361172, case No. 4295546, Ref. 5101P. Made circa 2005, sold on August 3, 2006. Extremely fine and rare, rectangular and curved, Art Deco-style, platinum gentleman’s wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator, 10-Day power-reserve and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and Certificate of Origin. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped sides, transparent case back with 4 screws, “Top Wesselton” diamond set between the lugs at 6. Salmon-colored with applied black oxydized gold Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Black oxydized gold “Breguet” hands. Cal. TO 28-20/222, rectangular, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 29 jewels of which 6 are set in gold chatons, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with A-shaped cage under a polished steel bridge, Glucydur Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial and movement signed. Dim. 30 x 52 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Notes Ref. 5101P Production of this refrence started in 2002. Similar watches are published in “Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches” by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore Genova, 2005, vol I, pp. 172-173.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-12-07
