Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Apr 25, 2021
LOT 287
PATEK PHILIPPE
REF. 5013, MINUTE REPEATING, RETROGRADE PERPETUAL CALENDAR; PLATINUM
REF. 5013, MINUTE REPEATING, RETROGRADE PERPETUAL CALENDAR; PLATINUM
HKD 2,400,000 - 4,000,000
USD 300,000 - 500,000 / CHF 279,000 - 465,000
Extremely fine, rare and important, tonneau-shaped, minute-repeating, astronomic, self-winding, platinum wristwatch with retrograde perpetual calendar, moon phases and leap year indication.
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Grade: |
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Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |
Brand Patek Philippe
Model Grand Comlication
Reference 5013
Year Circa 1993
Movement No. 1908999
Case No. 2938311
Bracelet Platinum Patek Philippe buckle.
Caliber R27 PS QR
Dimensions 46 x 37 mm.
Signature Case, Dial and Movement
Accessories Original fitted box, certificate of origin, instruction booklet, push pin, Extract from the Archives
Notes
Patek Philippe, Reference 5013
Production of this reference started in 1992. This reference was, until the introduction of the Sky Moon Tourbillon (Ref. 5002 with 694 parts), the most complex wristwatch Patek Philippe produced. Self-winding, its movement consists of 515 parts and shares similarities with Ref. 5016, the manual-winding retrograde date perpetual calendar with tourbillon and 506 parts, which is more complicated. Both watches incorporate perpetual calendar functions with a retrograde, or flyback, date hand whose specially developed mechanism absorbs almost no energy when the hand returns on the 1st of each month. Month and year indications in the leap year cycle will change instantaneously and if it is always kept running, no adjustments need to be made to the watch until Feb. 28th, 2100 (The moon phase indication will show a deviation of one single day only after 122 years and 45 days). Combining a minute-repeater with a retrograde date function certainly sets this highly complex timepiece apart from other watches and a very small stamp on the balance bridge, the "Geneva Seal" or Geneva quality mark, makes a further important difference. It attests that Ref. 5013 is made according to the highest standards of watchmaking in the world.
Production of this reference started in 1992. This reference was, until the introduction of the Sky Moon Tourbillon (Ref. 5002 with 694 parts), the most complex wristwatch Patek Philippe produced. Self-winding, its movement consists of 515 parts and shares similarities with Ref. 5016, the manual-winding retrograde date perpetual calendar with tourbillon and 506 parts, which is more complicated. Both watches incorporate perpetual calendar functions with a retrograde, or flyback, date hand whose specially developed mechanism absorbs almost no energy when the hand returns on the 1st of each month. Month and year indications in the leap year cycle will change instantaneously and if it is always kept running, no adjustments need to be made to the watch until Feb. 28th, 2100 (The moon phase indication will show a deviation of one single day only after 122 years and 45 days). Combining a minute-repeater with a retrograde date function certainly sets this highly complex timepiece apart from other watches and a very small stamp on the balance bridge, the "Geneva Seal" or Geneva quality mark, makes a further important difference. It attests that Ref. 5013 is made according to the highest standards of watchmaking in the world.