Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 161

"Pink Gold 10 Days" Patek Philippe, Genève, "10 Jours", No. 3202821, case No. 4078721, Ref. 5100 R. Made in a limited edition of 750 pieces in 18K pink gold to celebrate the new Millennium. Very fine and rare, rectangular lozenge, water resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with 10- day power reserve and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, a certificate of origin, an attestation, a "Bulletin de Marche du Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres? and a solid silver medal to mark the third millennium inlaid in a plexiglas plate, in a leather pouch.

C. Two-body, manta ray-shaped, solid, polished, transparent case back with 4 screws, protected winding crown, sapphire crystals. D. Ruthenium gray with applied pink gold dart indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial at 6, up-and-down indication at 12. Pink gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 28-20 / 220, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 29 jewels, 9 of them in 18K gold chatons, straight-line lever escapement, Glucydur Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, double-barrel. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 34 x 46 mm. Thickness 12 mm.