Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 369

PATEK PHILIPPE REF.5040 PERPETUAL CALENDAR Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3677140, case No. 4404954, Ref. 5040 G. Sold on November 16, 2007 Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, astronomic, self-winding, 18K white gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, 24-hour indication and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant buckle. Accompanied by a wooden Patek Philippe fitted box, certificate, instructions,18K white gold spare solid case back, setting pin, numbered card transport case and wallet.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Satiné silver with applied white gold Breguet numerals, 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 Breguet hands. M. Cal. 240 Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung Glucydur 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.