Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 15, 2016

LOT 461

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5038 LIMITED EDITION WHITE GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 776123, case No. 4008264 Ref. 5038G. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 1996. Very fine and rare, self-winding, 18K white gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a box, limited series certificate and Certificate of Origin

CHF 32,000 - 42,000

HKD 260,000 - 340,000 / USD 33,000 - 44,000

Sold: CHF 37,500

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 minute 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.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2

Very good

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 9 mm.