Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 20, 2016

LOT 254

PATEK PHILIPPE REF 5038 LIMITED EDITION WHITE GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No.776035, case No. 4005003, Ref. 5038G. Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces in 1996, sold March 7th, 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 fitted box and the Extract from the Archives.

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 flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor mounted on ball bearings.