Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 143

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5040 18K YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 773574, Ref. 5040. Made circa 1990?s. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and 24-hour indication and 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by box, certificate and booklet.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave lugs, transparent case back, sapphire crystals
D. Silver with applied yellow gold Breguet numerals, subsidiary guilloche dials for the days of the month, days of the week, the months, the leap year, the 24 hours, 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, freesprung 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. Diam. 35 x 43 mm. Thickness 9 mm.