Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 26, 2013

LOT 102

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5102 CELESTIAL PLATINUM AND PINK GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, Celestial, No. 5512738, case No. 4492399, Ref. 5102PR. Sold on August 14, 2010. Very fine and unusual, astronomic, self-winding, platinum and 18K pink gold wristwatch with mean time indication, nocturnal sky chart of the Northern Hemisphere, moon phases and moon orbit, time of the meridian passage of Sirius and moon with an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted winding box, additional box, Certificate of Origin and a leather folder with technical and instruction information, additional strap and 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle.

Three-body, solid, polished, stepped curved bezel, case band embossed with Calatrava pattern, concave lugs with screwed-bars, transparent screw-down case back, sapphire crystals. The crown at 2 adjusts the time and to wind the watch, the one at 4 adjusts the sky, lunar orbit and moon phases. Blue sky chart with gold star constellations and North/South/East/West divisions, made from 3 super-imposed sapphire crystal disks, outer divisions to adjust moon phases and sky, outermost Roman hour graduations, aperture for the moon phases. White skeletonized feuille hands. Cal. 240/165, stamped with the Patek Philippe Seal hallmark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 45 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 22K yellow gold micro-rotor. Dial, case and movement signed.