Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 90

"White Gold Ref. 5040" Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3127004, case No. 4254808, Ref. 5040. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, astronomic, self-winding, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, 24-hour indication and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Black with applied white gold Arabic numerals and round indexes, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, the week, the months, the leap year and the 24 hours, aperture for the moon phases. White gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 240/114, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 43 mm. Thickness 9 mm. Property of a West Coast Collector