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Lot Essay
US$190,000-300,000
With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated 15 August 2008, sales tag, product literature, leather portfolio and slip case.
The present example is fresh to the market, still factory sealed and therefore has never been worn, nor taken out of its original packaging. According to our research, less than 9 examples in yellow gold have appeared at auction thus far.
The reference 5102 is an astronomical wristwatch that borrows the principle of the celestial canopy from the most complicated wristwatch ever produced by Patek Philippe - reference 5002 Sky Moon Tourbillon. The nocturnal sky of the northern hemisphere rotates to show the apparent angular motion of the stars and moon as well as the progression of the phases of the moon. Hours and minutes are displayed by two pierced white hands. A delicate elliptical contour on the inside of the glass frames the portion of the sky that can be seen from all cities that share the latitude of Geneva.
With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated 15 August 2008, sales tag, product literature, leather portfolio and slip case.
The present example is fresh to the market, still factory sealed and therefore has never been worn, nor taken out of its original packaging. According to our research, less than 9 examples in yellow gold have appeared at auction thus far.
The reference 5102 is an astronomical wristwatch that borrows the principle of the celestial canopy from the most complicated wristwatch ever produced by Patek Philippe - reference 5002 Sky Moon Tourbillon. The nocturnal sky of the northern hemisphere rotates to show the apparent angular motion of the stars and moon as well as the progression of the phases of the moon. Hours and minutes are displayed by two pierced white hands. A delicate elliptical contour on the inside of the glass frames the portion of the sky that can be seen from all cities that share the latitude of Geneva.