Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Oct 08, 2016

LOT 308

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5000 YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 1962572, case No. 2986690, Ref. 5000. Made circa 1997. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp.

Two-body, solid, polished, screw-down transparent case back, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. Black with applied pink gold radial Arabic numerals, concentric minute track, subsidiary seconds dial at 4. Pink gold baton 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.