PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY FINE AND RARE PLATINUM RECTANGULAR TOURBILLON CHRONOMETER WRISTWATCH WITH 10 DAY POWER RESERVE, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY FINE AND RARE PLATINUM RECTANGULAR TOURBILLON CHRONOMETER WRISTWATCH WITH 10 DAY POWER RESERVE, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 5101P, MOVEMENT NO. 3’361’430, CASE NO. 4’438’017, MANUFACTURED IN 2007

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A VERY FINE AND RARE PLATINUM RECTANGULAR TOURBILLON CHRONOMETER WRISTWATCH WITH 10 DAY POWER RESERVE, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 5101P, MOVEMENT NO. 3’361’430, CASE NO. 4’438’017, MANUFACTURED IN 2007
MOVEMENT: Manual, Cal. 28-20, Geneva seal, 29 jewels
DIAL: "Vintage rose" gold, applied black oxidised Breguet numerals, two subsidiary dials for seconds and 10 day power reserve indication
CASE: Platinum rectangular case, triple stepped curved sides, Top Wesselton diamond set between the lugs at 6, glazed display back secured by four screws, 30 mm. wide
STRAP/BUCKLE: Patek Philippe crocodile strap, platinum Patek Philippe Henri Stern buckle
ACCOMPANIED BY: Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated 30 November 2007, Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres Watch Rate Certificate dated 8 August 2007, instruction manual, leather portfolio, fitted presentation box and outer packaging. Furthermore delivered with Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming date of sale on 23 November 2007.

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> Some watches are pictured with straps made of endangered or protected animal materials such as alligator or crocodile. These endangered species straps are shown for display purposes only and are not for sale. Christie’s will remove and retain the strap prior to shipment from the sale site. At some sale sites, Christie’s may, at its discretion, make the displayed endangered species strap available to the buyer of the lot free of charge if collected in person from the sale site within 1 year of the date of the sale. Please check with the department for details on a particular lot. > Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory, tortoiseshell and crocodile. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Lot Essay

It takes much more than a cursory glance at Patek Philippe's debut showpiece for Basel 2003 to realise that reference 5101P is a highly complicated wristwatch. In fact it is the first timepiece that combines two complications which are very difficult to accommodate in the confined space of a rectangular movement: two tandem mainspring barrels with 240 hours of energy storage capacity and a tourbillon precision regulator composed of 72 individual parts.

Characteristic for Patek Philippe, hardly any signs on the outside of the piece would reveal the complexity of its inner workings. Understated elegance has always been a hallmark of Patek Philippe but the tourbillon cage is in fact concealed for a very practical reason - the oil used to lubricate the mechanism is sensitive to ultraviolet rays and will decompose when exposed to daylight, thus losing its beneficial tribological properties. Extremely stringent standards are imposed on all Patek Philippe movements and even more so on tourbillon pieces. The reference 5101 in platinum features the distinctive feature of carrying both the official C.O.S.C. (Contrôle Officiel Suisse de Chronomètre) certification and the Geneva Seal.

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