Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Feb 22, 2014

LOT 236

PATEK PHILIPPE REF 5004 BLACK DIAL YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3275483, case No. 4520600, Ref. 5004J. Sold on September 21, 2011. Extremely rare and important, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with split-seconds chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year, 24 hour indication and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Patek Philippe fitted box, Certificate of Origin, and extra case back and push pin.

HKD 2,500,000 - 3,100,000

USD 320,000 - 400,000 / CHF 290,000 - 360,000

Sold: HKD 2,702,000

Three-body, solid, polished, transparent screwed-down case back, case band with 4 correctors, co-axial pushbutton in the crown for the split-seconds function, concave bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. Black with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute register and leap year at 3, the days of the month at 6, the seconds and the 24 hours at 9, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases, outer 1/5th seconds track. Yellow gold feuille hands. Cal. CHR 27-70Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 28 jewels, straightline lever escapement, free-sprung Glucydur Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring.


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Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 14.5 mm. The ref. 5004 officially ended production in 2011 with the last 50 movements cased in stainless steel (see lot 249). This particular example was sold at the Patek Philippe boutique in Geneva in September 2011, so it might be one of the last examples produced. Kept in mint condition and with a particularly attractive combination of a yellow gold case and black dial with arabic numerals (confirmed by the certificate), this is the only known example in yellow gold with a black dial and the only one ever to appear at auction.