Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5014 GONDOLO YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Geneve, No. 1838543, case No. 2939657, Ref. 5014. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, rectangular, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.
Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 4 screws, straight curved lugs, stepped sides, sapphire crystal. Satine silver with large graduated radial painted black Roman numerals, concentric oval minutes track, subsidiary seconds dial. Oxidized gold baton hands. Cal. 215, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight- line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.