Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Feb 07, 2015

LOT 295

PATEK PHILIPPE REF 5038 LIMITED EDITION WHITE GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No.776062, Ref. 5038G. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 1996, sold on May 12th, 1997. Very fine and rare, self-winding, 18K white gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original winding box, push pin, Certificate of Origin and limited certificate.

Two-body, solid, polished, snap-on transparent case back, beaded and stepped bezel, sapphire crystals. Black with painted white radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the date, days of the week, the 24 hours, the months and the leap year, aperture for the moon phases, outer white minutes track. Lacquered white gold alpha hands. Cal. 240 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free sprung fl at balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor mounted on ball bearings.