Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hog Kong, Feb 26, 2011

LOT 443

Patek Philippe Ref. 5004, Yellow Gold Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 879700, case No. 4040044, Ref. 5004J. Sold on 30th March 1999. Extremely rare and important, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with split-seconds chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year, 24 hour indication and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Certificate of Origin

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. Silver with applied yellow 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. Yellow 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.