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New York, Dec 11, 2008

LOT 538

Platinum 5016 Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1905129, case No. 4362995, Ref. 5016 P. Made in 2007. Extremely fine, rare and important, astronomic, minute-repeating, platinum wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator, retrograde perpetual calendar, moon phases, and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, a platinum and ebony setting pin, certificate of origin and a solid platinum case back.

USD 550,000 - 650,000

EUR 430,000 - 500,000 / CHF 645,000 - 760,000

Sold: USD 660,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished, fluted lugs, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Black with applied white Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, concentric retrograde graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months, the leap year and the moon phases. White gold Breguet hands. M. Cal. RTO 27 PS-QR, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 28 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with polished steel cage and 3 equidistant arms, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating a platinum slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 15 mm.


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Ref. 5016 Production of this reference started in 1993. It is the second most complicated wristwatch ever produced by Patek Philippe, surpassed only by Ref. 5002, the ?Sky Moon Tourbillon?. Ref. 5016 incorporates a perpetual calendar with a retrograde date hand whose mechanism absorbs almost no energy when the hand returns on the 1st of each month. Month, year and leap year indications change instantaneously and if it is always kept running, the watch needs no adjustment until Feb. 28, 2100. (The moon phase indication will show a deviation of only one day after 122 years and 45 days). The minute repeater sounds with unequalled purity and clarity and the tourbillon cage lies on the same rotational axis as the balance and fourth wheels, a very difficult configuration. All harmoniously blended together in this timepiece of the highest quality, beauty and prestige.