Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 13, 2012

LOT 395

PATEK PHILIPPE WHITE GOLD, REF. 5041 Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3124379, case No. 4032599, Ref. 5041G. Made in 1999, sold on November 17th, 1999. 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 spare solid 18K white gold back, fitted wooden Patek Philippe box, Certificate of Origin and the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 40,000 - 60,000

USD 45,000 - 65,000 / EUR 33,000 - 50,000

Sold: CHF 55,000

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed , 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, selfcompensating free-sprung fl at balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 43 mm. Thickness 10 mm.


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Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 1*

As new

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

In production from 1995 to 2003, the 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 5040 has a rounded bezel, this reference has an enlarged, fl at bezel. The dial: only available in black on reference 5041, 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.