Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 365

Ref 5074 ?Yellow Gold, Black Dial? Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 1906127, case No. 4188332, Ref. 5074. Made in 2002, sold on July 22nd, 2002. Extremely fine and very rare, large, astronomic, minute-repeating, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, leap year indication and moon phases. Accompanied by gold and black push piece and an additional solid gold back, a leather-covered fitted winding box and an Extract from the Archives.

USD 300,000 - 350,000

EUR 235,000 - 275,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, inclined bezel, fluted lugs, and sapphire crystals. D. Black with applied yellow gold Dauphine numerals, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, the week, the 24-hour indication (A.M. - P.M.), the months and the leap year, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold "Feuille" hands. M. Cal. R27 Q, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodiumplated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 39 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor, repeating on gongs by means of a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Ref. 5074 Ref 5074 was launched in 2002 only in yellow gold available with a silver or a black dial. In 2005 during the Basel fair Patek Philippe, presented the pink gold version. It is considered the successor of the famous ref. 3974. The mechanism is the same in both references at the exception of the gong which goes twice around the watch case in reference 5074 in order to give a better and louder sound. This type of gong is called ?cathedral gong?.