Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 11, 2009

LOT 300

Yellow Gold Ref. 5013 Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1908007, case No. 2928478, Ref. 5013. Made in 1992, sold March 16th, 1993. Very fine and important, tonneau-shaped, minute-repeating, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, retrograde date, leap year display and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the original mahogany box, Certificate of Origin, Extract from the Archives, setting pin and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave and curved lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial, sector for the retrograde date, apertures for the day, month, leap year, and moon phases. Yellow gold Breguet hands. M. Cal. R 27 PS QR, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 39 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, free-sprung self-compensating flat balance spring, 22K gold micro rotor, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 36 x 46 mm. Thickness 12 mm.