Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010

LOT 400

Patek Philippe Platinum Ref. 5040 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3677340, case No. 4405049, Ref. 5040P. Sold on October 8th, 2007. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, platinum wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, 24-hour indication and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, push pin, Certificate of Origin and booklets.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, snap-on case back, correctors on the band, rounded bezel, straight lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Black 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, outer minute track. White gold Breguet hands. M. Cal. 240Q, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes 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 36 mm. Thickness 9 mm.