Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 340

Ref. 5136, ?White Gold? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3127820, case No. 4274473, Ref. 5136/1. Sold on November 18, 2005. Very fine and rare, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe link bracelet and deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box, solid extra case back, setting-pin and Certificate of Origin.

C. Two-body, polished, rounded bezel, curved lugs, screw-down transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Opaline with applied white gold baton indexes, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the month, the 24 hours, the leap year, aperture for the moon phases. White gold ?dauphine? hands. M. Cal. 240/114, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, iscochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, mobile stud bearer, 22K gold micro-rotor mounted on ball bearings. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Property of an Swiss collector