136Σ
Patek Philippe
Ref. 5040
A fine and rare pink gold tonneau-shaped perpetual calendar wristwatch with moon phases, 24 hours, leap year indication, Breguet numerals, original certificate, additional case back and fitted presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$240,000 - 400,000
HK$262,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Patek Philippe
- Year
- 1994
- Reference No
- 5040
- Movement No
- 774'771
- Case No
- 2'958'534
- Material
- 18k pink gold
- Calibre
- Automatic, 240 Q, 27 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Brown <em>Patek Philippe</em> crocodile leather strap
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k pink gold <em>Patek Philippe Henri Stern</em> buckle stamped PPC
- Dimensions
- 35.5 mm. wide
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Patek Philippe </em>Certificate of Origin dated August 1994, additional case back, setting pin, product literature, leather wallet, fitted presentation box and outer packaging. Furthermore delivered with <em>Patek Philippe</em> Extract from the Archives confirming the present watch with silvery opaline-white dial and Breguet numerals in pink gold in 1994 and its subsequent sale on 30 August 1994.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The production of 5040 started in 1992 and was discontinued in 2007. The reference is recognisable by its tonneau case and Breguet numerals. The majority, manufactured in yellow gold, with fewer pieces manufactured in white and pink gold. This example, was manufactured only two years after the watch was introduced and is still retaining its original certificate and additional pink gold case back.
Patek Philippe
Swiss | 1839Since its founding in 1839, this famous Geneva-based firm has been surprising its clientele with superbly crafted timepieces fitted with watchmaking's most prestigious complications. Traditional and conservative designs are found across Patek Philippe's watches made throughout their history — the utmost in understated elegance.Well-known for the Graves Supercomplication — a highly complicated pocket watch that was the world’s most complicated watch for 50 years — this family-owned brand has earned a reputation of excellence around the world. Patek's complicated vintage watches hold the highest number of world records for results achieved at auction compared with any other brand. For collectors, key models include the reference 1518, the world's first serially produced perpetual calendar chronograph, and its successor, the reference 2499. Other famous models include perpetual calendars such as the ref. 1526, ref. 3448 and 3450, chronographs such as the reference 130, 530 and 1463, as well as reference 1436 and 1563 split seconds chronographs. Patek is also well-known for their classically styled, time-only "Calatrava" dress watches, and the "Nautilus," an iconic luxury sports watch first introduced in 1976 as the reference 3700 that is still in production today.
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