Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 119

Yellow Gold, Ref. 5039, ?Clous de Paris? Patek Philippe, Genève,movement No. 775799, case No. 4000316, Ref. 5039. Made in 1996, sold on October 25th, 1996. Very fine and rare, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and a Patek Philippe box.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent snap-on case back, stepped bezel with Clous de Paris decoration, curved lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Opaline white with applied yellow gold lapped baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the 24 hours and the leap year, aperture for the moon phases, outer engraved minute division. Yellow gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 240 Q stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor mounted on ball bearings. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 9 mm.