PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR MINUTE REPEATING TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH RUBY-SET NUMERALS, RETROGRADE DATE, MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE, PRESENTATION BOX, AND ADDITIONAL CASE BACK
Lot 2908

PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR MINUTE REPEATING TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH RUBY-SET NUMERALS, RETROGRADE DATE, MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE, PRESENTATION BOX, AND ADDITIONAL CASE BACK

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 5016, MOVEMENT NO. 1'905'191, CASE NO. 4'426'567, CIRCA 2010

Closed28 November 2012

Price Realised

HKD 4,100,000

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PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR MINUTE REPEATING TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH RUBY-SET NUMERALS, RETROGRADE DATE, MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE, PRESENTATION BOX, AND ADDITIONAL CASE BACK
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 5016, MOVEMENT NO. 1'905'191, CASE NO. 4'426'567, CIRCA 2010
Cal. RTO 27 PS QR mechanical lever movement stamped with the Geneva seal, 28 jewels, one minute tourbillon carriage, minute repeating on two steel gongs, silvered dial with ruby-set numerals, applied gold Breguet numeral, arched sector for retrograde date, apertures for day, month and leap year, subsidiary seconds combined with moon phases, circular case, stepped bezel, fluted downturned lugs, repeating activated by slide in the band, glazed display snap on back, 18k gold Patek Philippe Campaign buckle, case, dial and movement signed
37 mm. diam.

Specialist note

US$400,000-600,000

With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated 3 February 2010, Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres, additional case back, ruby-set setting pin, sales tag, leather portfolio, instruction manual, product literature, fitted slip case, presentation box and outer packaging.


Introduced in 1994, reference 5016 is certainly one of the most exclusive and attractive watches a connoisseur can aspire to. Examples like the present one, with a potentially unique dial, are considered trophies and offer everything watch collectors define as paramount: style, mechanics, exclusivity and condition.

Coming from an important private collection, it has never been offered at auction before. Without exaggeration, there is most likely no other publicly known gold reference 5016 with such a dial.

In a world of ever increasing scholarship and consequently stronger and stronger demand by the world's elite of wristwatch collectors, such examples as the present reference 5016 become close to impossible finds. Christie's is proud to offer this exceptional watch for auction.