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Lot 4948
PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION AND ADDITIONAL CASE BACK
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 5004, MOVEMENT NO. 3'275'242, CASE NO. 4'483'031, CIRCA 2011
Closed30 May 2012
Price Realised
HKD 1,580,000
More Information
Specialist note
US$150,000-250,000
With photocopy of the original Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated 31 January 2011, Patek Philippe additional case back, setting pin, instruction manual, product literature, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
To the best of our knowledge, this watch has never been offered at auction before and is preserved in excellent overall condition.
Deriving from reference 3970 which is the true and legitimate successor to the mythical reference 2499, reference 5004 embodies not only the essence of Patek Philippe's design legacy of the post war decades but also the savoir faire of their skilled master watchmakers who managed to add another highly complex mechanism to a traditional sized watch without disturbing its proportions. To many collectors, reference 5004 is one of the greatest wristwatches ever made and is often mentioned as the watch with the most promising future on the market.
Manufacture of reference 5004 was launched in 1994 and is today discontinued and replaced by reference 5204 released in March 2012 at the Basel Fair.
Reference 5004 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 312.
With photocopy of the original Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated 31 January 2011, Patek Philippe additional case back, setting pin, instruction manual, product literature, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
To the best of our knowledge, this watch has never been offered at auction before and is preserved in excellent overall condition.
Deriving from reference 3970 which is the true and legitimate successor to the mythical reference 2499, reference 5004 embodies not only the essence of Patek Philippe's design legacy of the post war decades but also the savoir faire of their skilled master watchmakers who managed to add another highly complex mechanism to a traditional sized watch without disturbing its proportions. To many collectors, reference 5004 is one of the greatest wristwatches ever made and is often mentioned as the watch with the most promising future on the market.
Manufacture of reference 5004 was launched in 1994 and is today discontinued and replaced by reference 5204 released in March 2012 at the Basel Fair.
Reference 5004 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 312.