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New York, Oct 17, 2008

LOT 123

Yellow Gold, Ref. 5004J Patek Philippe, Genève, Ref. 5004J. Made circa 2000. Extremely fine, rare and important, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with co-axial round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, leap year indication,moon phases, 24 hour indication and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the certificate of origin, original fitted box, and setting pin.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, curved bezel, fluted lugs, curved band, coaxial push button in the crown for the split-seconds function, screw-down transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied large yellow gold Arabic numerals and dot indexes, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute register and leap year at 3, the seconds and the 24 hours at 9, graduation for the date at 6, apertures for the days of the week and the months at 12, aperture for the moon phases, outer minute/seconds division with five Arabic numerals. Yellow gold feuille hands. M. Cal. CHR 27-70/Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 28 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness: 14.5 mm.