Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 25, 2015

LOT 290

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5004 YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 879785, case No. 4040043 Ref. 5004J. Sold in January 2010. 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, booklets and extra case back.

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. Silver 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.