PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE PLATINUM PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION, ADDITIONAL CASE BACK AND BOX
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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE PLATINUM PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION, ADDITIONAL CASE BACK AND BOX

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 5004, MOVEMENT NO. 879'778, CASE NO. 4'080'780, MANUFACTURED IN 1999

Closed28 November 2012

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE PLATINUM PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION, ADDITIONAL CASE BACK AND BOX
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 5004, MOVEMENT NO. 879'778, CASE NO. 4'080'780, MANUFACTURED IN 1999
Cal. 27-70 Q mechanical lever movement stamped with the Geneva seal, 28 jewels, Gyromax balance, silvered dial, applied dot and Arabic numerals, two windows for day and month, three subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 24 hours display, 30 minutes register and leap year indicator, date and aperture for moon phases, circular case, stepped bezel and lugs, glazed screw back, split seconds chronograph mechanism operated through two round chronograph buttons in the band and through the crown, platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp, case, dial and movement signed
37 mm. diam.

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US$190,000-300,000

With Patek Philippe additional case, back, setting pin, fitted presentation box and outer packaging. Furthermore delivered with Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1999 and its subsequent sale on 5 October 1999.

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.