Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Hotel Du Rhone, Apr 02, 2006

LOT 494

Ref 5054 ?White Gold? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 3167068, case No. 4127937, Ref. 5054. Made in 2002, sold August 16, 2002. Very fine and rare, astronomic, self-winding, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with 48-hour power reserve, date, and a white gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Extract of the Archives, recently serviced by Patek Philippe.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, hinged case back to view the movement, rounded bezel, straight lugs, gold screwed bars. D. White with seven black radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for the seconds on the 4, the days of the month on the 7, between the 10 and 11, sector graduated for the up-and-down indication, aperture for the moon phases. Burnished steel ?Spade? hands. M. Cal. 240/164, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung balance-spring, mobile stud bearer, 22K gold micro-rotor mounted on ball bearings. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 10 mm.