Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 20, 2016

LOT 252

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5000 PINK GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 1962962, case No. 2993197, Ref. 5000. Sold on August 28, 1997. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Patek Philippe leather service pouch, Certificate of Origin, leather wallet, hang tag, booklet and service invoice dated November 13th, 2015.

Two-body, solid, polished, screw-down transparent case back, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. Copper color with applied pink gold radial Arabic numerals, inner minute track, subsidiary seconds dial at 4. Oxidized gold feuille hands. Cal. 240 PS, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor mounted on ball bearings.