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PATEK PHILIPPE. A LARGE, FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE PLATINUM AND 18K PINK GOLD AUTOMATIC ASTRONOMICAL WRISTWATCH WITH SKY CHART, PHASES AND ORBIT OF THE MOON INCLUDING TIME OF MERIDIAN PASSAGE OF SIRIUS AND OF THE MOON, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX
Lot 2682

PATEK PHILIPPE. A LARGE, FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE PLATINUM AND 18K PINK GOLD AUTOMATIC ASTRONOMICAL WRISTWATCH WITH SKY CHART, PHASES AND ORBIT OF THE MOON INCLUDING TIME OF MERIDIAN PASSAGE OF SIRIUS AND OF THE MOON, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, CELESTIAL MODEL, REF. 5102, MOVEMENT NO. 3'580'457, CASE NO. 4'492'408, CIRCA 2009

Closed28 November 2012

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HKD 1,820,000

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A LARGE, FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE PLATINUM AND 18K PINK GOLD AUTOMATIC ASTRONOMICAL WRISTWATCH WITH SKY CHART, PHASES AND ORBIT OF THE MOON INCLUDING TIME OF MERIDIAN PASSAGE OF SIRIUS AND OF THE MOON, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, CELESTIAL MODEL, REF. 5102, MOVEMENT NO. 3'580'457, CASE NO. 4'492'408, CIRCA 2009
Cal. 240 automatic lever movement stamped with the Geneva seal, 45 jewels, blue sky dial with three superimposed crystals of the northern night sky and its relative meridian passage of Sirius, orbit of the moon, sector for north, south, east and west divisions, phases of the moon and outer chapter ring with Roman numerals, large circular water-resistant-type case, engraved band with Calatrava cross, two crowns in the band for time set, sky chart, lunar orbit and moon phases correction, screw display back, 18k pink gold Patek Philippe buckle, case, dial and movement signed
43 mm. diam.

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US$170,000-250,000

With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated 20 November 2009, leather portfolio, leather wallet, instruction manual, product literature, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.

Fresh to the market, the present watch is one of only 4 examples to have come up for auction to date.

The reference 5102 is an astronomical wristwatch that borrows the principle of the celestial canopy from the most complicated wristwatch ever produced by Patek Philippe - reference 5002 Sky Moon Tourbillon (please view lot 2748). The nocturnal sky of the northern hemisphere rotates to show the apparent angular motion of the stars and moon as well as the progression of the phases of the moon. Hours and minutes are displayed by two pierced white hands. A delicate elliptical contour on the inside of the glass frames the portion of the sky that can be seen from all cities that share the latitude of Geneva.