Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

LOT 72

White Gold Ref. 5000 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 800851, case No. 2934386, Ref. 5000. Made in 1993, sold on September 29th, 1993. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with eccentric seconds and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Patek Philippe box and the Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Black with painted white radial Arabic numerals, inner minute track, subsidiary seconds dial at 4. White baton hands. M. Cal. 240 PS, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung balance spring, mobile stud bearer, 22K gold micro-rotor mounted on ball bearings. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 8 mm.