Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 10, 2013

LOT 90

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5040 PERPETUAL CALENDAR PINK GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3124013, case No. 4032578, Ref. 5040R. Made circa 1997. Very fine, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, 18K pink gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, 24-hour indication and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Silver with applied pink gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary guilloche dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the leap year, the 24 hours, aperture for the moon phases. Pink gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 240/114, 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 free-sprung flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. DIM. 35 x 43 mm. THICKNESS 9 mm.