Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Jun 12, 2012

LOT 259

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5004 PLATINUM Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 879837, case No. 4104550, Ref. 5004P. Made in 1998. Very fine, 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 the original fitted wooden box, Certificate of Origin, instructions, additional solid platinum case back and setting pin.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent screw-down case back, case band with 4 correctors, co-axial pushbutton in the crown for the split-seconds function, concave bezel, fl uted lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied white gold Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers, 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. White gold feuille hands. M. Cal. CHR 27-70/150, 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, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 14 mm.