Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 15, 2015

LOT 102

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5085 STEEL Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 3111208, case No. 4067825, Ref. 5085/1. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with a stainless steel integrated link bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box.

Two-body, polished and brushed, transparent screwed-down case back, wide rounded bezel, sapphire crystals. Black with white painted radial Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds at 4, the days of the month at 7, between 10 and 11 sector graduated for the up-and-down indication, aperture for the moon phases. Luminous white bâton hands. Cal. 240/164, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses-côtes decoration, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor mounted on ball bearings.