Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 10, 2015

LOT 502

PATEK PHILIPPE REF 5101 10 DAY TOURBILLON PLATINUM Patek Philippe, Genève, 10 Days Tourbillon, movement No. 3361315, case No. 4353960, Ref. 5101P. Sold on January 16th, 2007. Extremely fine and very rare, rectangular and curved, Art Deco style platinum and diamond Chronometer wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator, tandem mainspring barrels for 10-day power-reserve and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, Certificate of Origin, Chronometer rating certificate, leather folder with instructions and press kit with CD from Basel 2003.

Two-body, solid, polished, stepped curved sides, sapphire transparent case back with 4 screws, Top Wesselton diamond set between the lugs at 6, sapphire crystal. Salmon-colored with applied black oxidized gold Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Black oxidized gold feuille hands. Cal. TO 28-20/222, rectangular, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodiumplated, fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels, 6 of which are set in gold chatons, tandem mainspring barrels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with A-shaped cage under a polished steel bridge, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, 21,600 semi-oscillations per hour, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring.