Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010

LOT 107

Patek Philippe Cortina Jubilee Patek Philippe, Genève, "Cortina Jubilee", movement No. 3109024, Ref. 5057 R. Made in a limited edition of 100 examples in 18K pink gold in the late 1990s to commemorate Patek Philippe's collaboration with Cortina, Singapore's most prestigious jewelry store. Very fine and rare, astronomic, self-winding, 18K pink gold wristwatch with power-reserve, date, moon phases and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, "Clous-de-Paris" bezel, transparent and screwed-down case back, sapphire crystals. D. White with painted radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the days of the month, sector for the up-and-down indication at 10, aperture for the moon phases. Black oxydized gold spade hands. M. Cal. 240/164, stamped with the Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Glucydur Gyromax balance, shockabsorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness: 9 mm.