Important Watches
Important Watches
Property from a Private Californian Collection
Patek Philippe
Reference 5204P-010 | A platinum perpetual calendar split seconds chronograph wristwatch with moon phases, Circa 2014
Auction Closed
June 9, 05:37 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Reference 5204P-010
A platinum perpetual calendar split seconds chronograph wristwatch with moon phases, Circa 2014
Dial: silvered
Caliber: cal. CH 29-535 mechanical, 34 jewels
Movement number: 5'251'754
Case: platinum, screw down sapphire crystal display back
Case number: 6'005'092
Closure: platinum Patek Philippe folding buckle
Size: 40 mm diameter
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: yes
Papers: yes
Accessories: Patek Philippe winding presentation box with outer packaging and charger, Certificate of Origin dated July 29, 2014, product literature in large leather portfolio, factory packaging, sealed additional solid case back, sealed setting pin and hang tag
Reference 5204 Grand Complication wristwatch was launched in 2012 to replace the Lemania based reference 5004, with a larger case measuring 40 mm. It was the first Patek Philippe split-seconds chronograph with a perpetual calendar featuring a movement developed and crafted in its entirety in the manufacturer's ateliers.
The reference 5204 houses the manually wound caliber CH 29-535 PS Q which incorporates a horizontal clutch and two column wheels. The split-seconds mechanism was largely redesigned and optimized with two decisive refinements: a new isolator system for the split-seconds lever and a patented mechanism that assure the nearly perfect congruence of the chronograph and split-seconds hands. Registered for an astounding amount of six patents, reference 5204 is a true testimony of Patek Philippe’s groundbreaking innovations.
Made exclusively in either platinum, pink gold, or white gold the reference 5204 has enjoyed different dial variations since its debut, with the present watch offered with a silvered dial and platinum case. The dial displays the calendar work for the perpetual calendar, the chronograph registers, the subsidiary seconds and an inverted moon phase, with all features balanced out, rendering a beautiful symmetry.