$126,000
“Yellow Ref. 5004” Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 879502, case No. 2963333, Ref. 5004, first generation. Made circa 2000. Extremely fine, rare and important, astronomic, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with coaxial round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives, setting pin and an additional 18K yellow gold case back. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, coaxial push button in the crown for the split-seconds function, transparent case back to view 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 days of the month 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 Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 28 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock-absorber, selfcompensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness: 15 mm. Notes Ref. 5004 First produced in 1995, this highly complicated, 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
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-12-07
