Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 527

Platinum Sky Moon Tourbillon Patek Philippe, Genève, ?Sky Moon Tourbillon,? No. 3350024, case No. 4214432, Ref. 5002 P. Made in 2005, sold on June 10th, 2005. Extremely fine, rare and important, oversized, minute-repeating on cathedral gongs, astronomic, platinum doubledialed chronometer wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator, perpetual calendar with fly-back retrograde date, nocturnal sky chart of the Northern Hemisphere, moon phases and lunar orbit, time of the meridian passages of Sirius and moon, solar mean and sidereal time indications and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, setting pin, Official Chronometer Certificate, Certificate of Origin and instruction manual with technical information, all in a boxed Patek Philippe leather folder.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, case band embossed with the Calatrava pattern, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Front: silver, embossed with Patek Philippe logo, applied radial white gold Roman numerals, concentric retrograde graduation for the days of the month in red on a plain reserve, guilloché subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the months, the leap year and the moon phases. White gold spade hands. Back: midnight blue sky chart with gold star constellations and North/South/East/West divisions, made from 3 superimposed sapphire crystal disks to display sidereal time, outer divisions to adjust moon phases and sky, outermost Arabic hour graduations, aperture for the moon phases. M. Cal. RTO 27 QR SID LU CL, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 55 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm. Thickness 18 mm.