Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 10, 2013

LOT 603

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5016 TOURBILLON MINUTE REPEATER PERPETUAL CALENDAR BLACK DIAL PINK GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1905141, case No. 4363005, Ref. 5016 R. Sold on October 22nd, 2007. Extremely fine, rare and important, astronomic, minute-repeating, 18K pink gold wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator, retrograde perpetual calendar, moon phases, black dial, and a pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, Certificate of Origin, Chronometer certificate and booklet.

CHF 450,000 - 650,000

HKD 3,800,000 - 5,500,000 / USD 492,000 - 711,000

Sold: CHF 723,750

Three-body, solid, polished, fluted lugs, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Black with applied pink gold Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, concentric retrograde graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months, the leap year and the moon phases. Yellow gold Breguet hands. Cal. RTO 27 PS-QR, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 28 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with polished steel cage and 3 equidistant arms, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating a platinum slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed.


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DIAM. 37 mm. THICKNESS 15 mm. Introduced in 1993, the iconic Patek Philippe reference 5016 was the most complicated wristwatch in production until Patek debuted reference 5002, the Sky Moon Tourbillon, in 2001. Patek Philippe's 2009-2010 Collection booklet describes the now discontinued reference 5016 as follows: "Its classic Calatrava case in yellow, rose or white gold or platinum unites the complications most highly prized by those with a passion for exceptional watches: the tourbillon, the minute repeater and the perpetual calendar - completed with a retrograde date hand and a moon phase display. The movement making this masterpiece possible comprises 506 parts." The present lot, cased in pink gold, features a black dial with applied pink gold Breguet numerals arguably the most attractive combination for this reference. According to our research this is only the third example in pink gold to appear on the auction market and the first featuring a black dial.