Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 23, 2011

LOT 195

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5040 YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 774198, case No. 2936489, Ref. 5040J. Sold on October 27th, 1993. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, 24-hour indication and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, setting pin, Certificate of Origin and Extract from the Arechives.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Breguet numerals, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, the week, the months, the leap year and the two-tone 24 hour dial, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow 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, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating freesprung fl at balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 43 mm. Thickness 9 mm.