Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Feb 22, 2014

LOT 234

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5722 NAUTILUS BAGUETTE DIAMOND BEZEL WHITE GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, "Nautilus", Ref. 5722/G-001. Sold on February 2009. Very fine, rare and elegant, large, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with baguette diamond bezel, date, moon phases, power-reserve indication and an 18k white gold Patek Philippe concealed double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin, booklet, fitted box, push pin and hang tag.

Two-body, polished and brushed, bezel set with 32 baguette diamonds totaling 5.90 CT., transparent case back, protected screwed down crown, hooded lugs, sapphire crystals. Anthracite with horizontal stripes, applied luminous steel baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the date, sector for the power- reserve indication between 10 and 11, aperture for the moon phases, outer dot minute divisions. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 240/164, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor.