Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 119

White Gold Ref. 5041G Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3126279, case No. 4076949, Ref. 5041G. Sold January 20, 2004. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, 18K white gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, 24-hour indication and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted winding box, Certificate of Origin, additional solid 18K gold case back, setting pin and instruction booklet.

USD 85,000 - 100,000

EUR 66,000 - 80,000 / CHF 100,000 - 115,000

C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Black with applied white gold Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, 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. 240/114, 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.


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In production from 1995 to 2003, reference 5041 is undoubtedly the rarest and probably the least produced modern perpetual calendar. With a total production believed to be from 30 to 40 units only, the ref. 5041 (available in white gold only) had various minor differences in comparison to its sister reference 5040.
- The bezel: while reference 3940 has a rounded bezel, this reference has an enlarged, flat bezel.
- The dial: only available in black on reference 3941, its differences lie mainly in the outer minute markers (rather than a rail track, it has simple dot markers) and the Breguet numerals rather than Arabic numerals.