PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE, HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND POSSIBLY UNIQUE 18K PINK GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR MINUTE REPEATING TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE, MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION AND RUBY-SET DIAL, WITH ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE, ADDITIONAL CASE BACK AND PORTFOLIO PHOTOGRAPHS
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PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE, HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND POSSIBLY UNIQUE 18K PINK GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR MINUTE REPEATING TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE, MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION AND RUBY-SET DIAL, WITH ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE, ADDITIONAL CASE BACK AND PORTFOLIO PHOTOGRAPHS

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 5016, MOVEMENT NO. 1'905'077, CASE NO. 4'188'365, CIRCA 2003

Closed26 September 2013

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CNY 3,500,000

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PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY RARE, HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND POSSIBLY UNIQUE 18K PINK GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR MINUTE REPEATING TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE, MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION AND RUBY-SET DIAL, WITH ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE, ADDITIONAL CASE BACK AND PORTFOLIO PHOTOGRAPHS
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 5016, MOVEMENT NO. 1'905'077, CASE NO. 4'188'365, CIRCA 2003
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 8 applied ruby-set numerals, applied pink gold Breguet numeral at 12 o'clock, 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 pink gold Patek Philippe Campaign buckle, case, dial and movement signed
37 mm. diam.

Specialist note

With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated 27 October 2003 confirming the ruby-set dial, Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres, additional case back, ruby-set setting pin, sales tag, portfolio photographs, instruction manual, product literature, leather portfolio and fitted slip case.

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 pink gold reference 5016 with such a dial. This is only the second time a pink gold reference 5016 has been offered on the market.

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.