Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 23, 2012

LOT 410

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5020 3RD EVER PRODUCED YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Geneve, No. 3045003, case No. 2956082, Ref. 5020. Made in 1994, sold on November 24, 1994. Extremely fine and very rare, tonneau-shaped, astronomic, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, 24-hour indication, perpetual calendar,moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box and Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, sloped bezel, concave lugs, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Satiné silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute register, 24 hours and leap year indication, graduation for the date, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold Breguet hands. M. Cal. M.27-70/155, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 24 jewels, straightline lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 37 x 45 mm. Thickness 13 mm.