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Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 337

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 879707, case No. 4037676, Ref. 5004. Produced circa 2000.Extremely fine, rare and important, astronomic, water-resistant to 25m, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with coaxial round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar and moon phases, with a dial made upon special request. Accompanied by a mahogany and leather fitted box, a manual, a push-pin to adjust the calendar functions, an extra 18K pink gold solid case back and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back to view the movement, coaxial push button in the crown for the split-seconds function, concave bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. D. black with applied large pink gold Arabic numerals, auxiliary dials for the 30-minute register and leap year at 3, the seconds and the 24 hours at 9, graduation for the days of the month at 6, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. "Feuille" pink gold hands. M. Cal. CHR 27-70Q stmped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 28 jewels, straight lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring.Dial and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm.