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Grand Havana Room, New York, Mar 13, 2002

LOT 311

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1905053, case No. 4129608, Ref. 5016 P-012. Production of this reference started in 1993. Extremely fine and rare, astronomic, one minute tourbillon regulator, minute repeating, platinum, gentle-man?s wristwatch with retrograde perpetual calendar and moon phases. Accompanied by a platinum Patek Philippe buckle, extra plain platinum case back, extra anthracite dial stamped 18K gold on the back plate, platinum and ebony setting pin. Accompanied an by original certificate.

USD 240,000 - 260,000

Sold: USD 272,000

C. three-body, solid, polished, fluted lugs, transparent case back, sapphire crystal. D. champagne with applied white gold Breguet numerals and auxiliary seconds dial, inner retrograde graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months, the leap year and the moon phases. ?Breguet? white gold hands. M. Cal. RTO 27 PS-QR, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 28 jewels, lateral lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, self-compensating free-sprung balance-spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm.


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REF. 5016 Is the second most complicated wristwatch ever produced by Patek Philippe and stands in a long tradition of extreme-ly fine and highly complicated mechanical timepieces. It is surpassed only by Ref. 5002, the new ?Sky Moon Tourbillon?. Ref. 5002? and Ref. 5016 are the only tourbillon wristwatches with a Geneva Quality Hallmark and a C.O.S.C. rating certificate. Ref. 5016 incorporates a perpetual calendar with a retrograde, or flyback, date hand whose specially developed mechanism absorbs almost no energy when the hand returns on the 1 st of each month. Month, year and leap year indications will change instantaneously and if always kept running, no adjustments need to be made until Feb. 28 th 2100 (The moonphase indication will show a deviation of one single day only 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 highest quality, beauty and prestige.