Importantes Montres de Collection

Geneva, May 15, 2011

LOT 147

Patek Philippe White Gold Ref. 5038 Limited Edition Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 776091, case No. 4008308, Ref. 5038. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 1996. Very fine and very rare, self-winding, 18K white gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, snap-on transparent case back, beaded and stepped bezel, sapphire crystals. D. Black with painted white radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the date, days of the week, the 24 hours, the months and the leap year, aperture for the moon phases, outer white minute track. Lacquered white gold alpha 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, shock-absorber, self-compensating freesprung flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor mounted on ball bearings. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 9 mm.