Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2013

LOT 341

PATEK PHILIPPE REF 5033 MINUTE REPEATER PERPETUAL CALENDAR PLATINUM Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1904512, case No. 4418991, Ref. 5033P-010. Extremely rare, fine and important, tonneau-shaped, Art Deco-style, minute-repeating, self- winding, platinum wristwatch with annual calendar and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a mahogany fitted box, setting pin, the certificate of Origin, an additional platinum caseback, technical and instructional documents in leather folio.

Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave and curved lugs, correctors on the band, Top Wesselton diamond set between the lugs at 6, snap-on transparent caseback, sapphire crystals. Silver with guilloché azure center, dart indexes on a plain reserve, inner minute track, subsidiary seconds dial, and apertures for the days of the week at 10, the date at 12, the months at 2. White gold "dauphine" hands. Cal. R 27 PS QA, 31 mm.diam., (14'''), total HEIGHT 7.48 mm. made up of 443 parts, 48 hour maximum power reserve, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium- plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 44 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, with 21,600 vibrations/ hour, shock-absorber,self-compensating flat balance spring, 22K yellow gold micro-rotor, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed.