Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 15, 2016

LOT 463

PATEK PHILIPPE REF 5204 PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH PLATINUM Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 5251253, case No. 4586366, Ref. 5204P-001. Sold on April 12th, 2013. Very fine and rare, platinum wristwatch with split-seconds chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year, 24 hour indication and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted wooden box, Certificate of Origin, platinum solid caseback, and setting pin

CHF 170,000 - 230,000

HKD 1,375,000 - 1,900,000 / USD 178,000 - 241,000

Three-body, solid, polished, transparent screw-down case back, case band with 4 correctors, co-axial pushbutton in the crown for the split-seconds function, concave bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. Silver with applied luminous oxidized gold baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute register and leap year between 4 and 5, day/night indicator between 7 and 8, the days of the month around subsidiary dial at 6, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Oxidized gold luminous baton hands. Cal. CHR 29-535 PS Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium- plated, fausses cotes decoration, 34 jewels, straight- line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring.


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Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 40 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm. This reference was introduced at the BASEL WATCH FAIR in 2012, replacing the brand's iconic REFERENCE 5004 split-seconds chronograph perpetual calendar model. It houses the completely new in-house chronograph movement with the addition of the split-seconds and perpetual calendar functions, Caliber CH 29- 535 PS Q . This present example has the first generation dial configuration used for this reference (5204P-001); namely with the luminous white gold markers and black-oxidized hands with Superluminova creating a stark contrast for maximum visibility even in the dark. This iteration was replaced with the REFERENCE 5204P-010 (opaline white dial) and 5204P- 011 (opaline black dial) two years later. Hence making this present lot a highly sought-after piece for true PATEK PHILIPPE collectors.