Important Watches

Geneva, Mar 20, 2010

LOT 230

Patek Philippe ref. 5004 Platinum Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 879907, case No. 4146750, Ref. 5004P. Made in 2002 and sold on March 19th, 2003. Extremely rare and important, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with split-seconds chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year, 24 hour indication and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted wooden box, push pin, a spare solid platinum case back and Certificate of Origin.

CHF 175,000 - 235,000

USD 160,000 - 215,000 / EUR 125,000 - 160,000

Sold: CHF 246,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent screwed-down case back, case band with 4 correctors, co-axial pushbutton in the crown for the split-seconds function, concave bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Silvered with applied white gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute register and leap year at 3, the days of the month at 6, the seconds and the 24 hours at 9, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases, outer 1/5th seconds track. White gold feuille hands. M. Cal. CHR 27-70Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 28 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung Glucydur Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 14.5 mm.


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To the best of our knowledge, fewer than 20 such pieces have been offered at auction.
Ref. 5004 First produced in 1994, this highly complicated, manually wound wristwatch combines a split-seconds chronograph with the functions of the perpetual calendar and moon phase. The movement consists of a total of 404 parts. The reference 5004 remains one of Patek's most desirable modern complication watches. Its elegant look, similar to the 3970 but with its extra thickness, and of course the split-second mechanism, have made it a true classic.