Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 30, 2014

LOT 116

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5004 PLATINUM DIAMOND INDEXES Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 879887, case No. 4481085, Ref. 5004P-033. Sold on September 6th, 2009. Extremely rare and important, water-resistant, platinum and diamond wristwatch with split-seconds chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year, 24 hour indication and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted wooden box, Certificate of Origin, additional solid platinum case back, setting pin and leather folio.

Three-body, solid, polished, transparent screw-down case back, case band with 4 correctors, co-axial push button in the crown for the split-seconds function, concave bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. Black with 10 round and 1 baguette diamond indexes, 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. White gold baton hands. Cal. CHR 2-70/150, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium- plated, fausses cotes decoration, 28 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Glucydur Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring.