Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5070 PLATINUM Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3715XXX, case No. 4454XXX, Ref. 5070P. Made in 2008. Very fine and rare, large, water-resistant, platinum and diamond wristwatch with square-button chronograph, register, tachometer and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by mahogany box and Certificate of Origin.
Two-body, solid, polished, transparent and screw-down case back, wide stepped bezel, fluted lugs, diamond set between the lugs at 6, sapphire crystals. Matte blue with applied white gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outer tachometer graduation. White gold feuille hands. Cal. 27-70/157, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium- plated, fausses cotes decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring.