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Lot Essay
With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin, Registered Guarantee card, polishing cloth, leather presentation folder and fitted winding box. Furthermore delivered with Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with silvery opaline-white dial and 9 Breguet numerals in white gold in 1993 and its subsequent sale on 27 July 1993.
Fresh to the market this reference 5040 is furthermore believed to be the earliest example of this rare model in platinum to appear in public to date.
It will impress the collector of complicated timepieces with the presence of all its original documents arranged in a display folder. This unusual (for the time) presentation of the documents was mainly adopted by Patek Philippe Japanese retailers.
Reference 5040 was launched in 1992 and discontinued in 2007. It was available in all gold colours as well as in platinum and is distinguished by its tonneau tortue case, a style typical of the 1920s and 1930s, but much less common in modern times. Tonneau indicates a "barrel" shape (indeed tonneau means barrel in French) with narrow ends and wide center. Tortue (turtle, in French) describes a case with short lugs and rounded corners, resembling the legs of a turtle protruding from the shell. As this term defines a case detail, rather than a case shape, It is normally used in conjunction of the case shape, one can have tonneau tortue, like the present watch, or also carre tortue, cushion tortue, etc.
Fresh to the market this reference 5040 is furthermore believed to be the earliest example of this rare model in platinum to appear in public to date.
It will impress the collector of complicated timepieces with the presence of all its original documents arranged in a display folder. This unusual (for the time) presentation of the documents was mainly adopted by Patek Philippe Japanese retailers.
Reference 5040 was launched in 1992 and discontinued in 2007. It was available in all gold colours as well as in platinum and is distinguished by its tonneau tortue case, a style typical of the 1920s and 1930s, but much less common in modern times. Tonneau indicates a "barrel" shape (indeed tonneau means barrel in French) with narrow ends and wide center. Tortue (turtle, in French) describes a case with short lugs and rounded corners, resembling the legs of a turtle protruding from the shell. As this term defines a case detail, rather than a case shape, It is normally used in conjunction of the case shape, one can have tonneau tortue, like the present watch, or also carre tortue, cushion tortue, etc.