Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 15, 2015

LOT 254

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5101 10 DAY TOURBILLON DOUBLE SEALED PLATINUM Patek Philippe, Genève, 10 Days Tourbillon, movement No. 3361089, case No. 4257211, Ref. 5101P. Made in 2004. Extremely fine and very rare, rectangular and curved, Art Deco style platinum and diamond Chronometer wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator, tandem mainspring barrels for 10-day power-reserve and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, Certificate of Origin, Chronometer rating certificate, leather folder with instructions, photos and technical specifications.

Two-body, solid, polished, stepped curved sides, transparent case back with 4 screws, Top Wesselton diamond set between the lugs at 6, sapphire crystals. Salmon-colored with applied black oxidized gold Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Black oxidized gold feuille hands. Cal. TO 28-20/222, rectangular, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels, 6 of which are set in gold chatons, tandem mainspring barrels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with A-shaped cage under a polished steel bridge, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring.