Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hog Kong, Feb 26, 2011

LOT 421

Patek Philippe White Gold Ref. 5000 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 800415, case No. 2918449, Ref. 5000. Made circa 1992. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with eccentric seconds and an 18K white gold Italian-made link bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Three-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. Approx overall length 175 mm.