PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT PLATINUM MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE, MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION AND ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE
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PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT PLATINUM MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE, MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION AND ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 5016, MOVEMENT NO. 1'905'036, CASE NO. 4'065'406, MANUFACTURED IN 1999

Closed29 May 2013

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HKD 4,470,000

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PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT PLATINUM MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE, MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION AND ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 5016, MOVEMENT NO. 1'905'036, CASE NO. 4'065'406, MANUFACTURED IN 1999
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 matte dial, applied white gold Breguet numerals, 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, platinum Patek Philippe Campaign buckle, case, dial and movement signed
37 mm. diam.

Specialist note

US$350,000-550,000

With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated August 1999, Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres, product literature and leather wallet. Furthermore delivered with Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with Breguet numerals in white gold in 1999 and its subsequent sale on 30 August 1999.


Fresh to the market, the present reference 5016 impresses by its sharp case proportions, well defined fluted lugs, crisp hallmarks and untouched dial most evident to the beholders eye.

Introduced in 1994, reference 5016 was produced in very small numbers. In fact, a detailed research reveals that no more than 5 examples with a silvered dial have appeared at auction to date.

Reference 5016 was discontinued in 2010 and replaced by reference 5216.