Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 244

?Yellow 5040? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 774583, Ref. 5040. Sold on August 10, 1995. Production of this reference started in 1995. Very fine, tonneau-shaped, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, 24-hour indication and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Satiné silvered gold with applied yellow gold Breguet numerals, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the leap year, the 24 hours, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold ?Breguet? hands. M. Cal. 240 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Glucydur Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance-spring, 22K gold micro-rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 43 mm. Thickness 8 mm. A similar watch is published in ?Patek Philippe Wristwatches?, by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998, p. 295.