Patek Philippe. A very fine and rare 18K pink gold perpetual calendar split seconds chronograph wristwatch with black dial, moon phase, 24 hour and leap year indication and Certificate of Origin

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PATEK PHILIPPERef. 5004R with Black Dial

Patek Philippe. A very fine and rare 18K pink gold perpetual calendar split seconds chronograph wristwatch with black dial, moon phase, 24 hour and leap year indication and Certificate of Origin

Signed Patek Philippe, Genève, ref. 5004, movement no. 3'275'299, case no. 4'487'295, manufactured in 2009

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Patek Philippe. A very fine and rare 18K pink gold perpetual calendar split seconds chronograph wristwatch with black dial, moon phase, 24 hour and leap year indication and Certificate of Origin
Signed Patek Philippe, Genève, ref. 5004, movement no. 3'275'299, case no. 4'487'295, manufactured in 2009
Movement: cal. 27-70 Q stamped with the Geneva seal, manual, 28 jewels, signed
Dial: signed
Case: glazed display screw back, 37 mm. diam., signed
With: 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp, Certificate of Origin confirming the sale of the present pink gold watch with black dial and Arabic numerals on 25 February 2010. Furthermore delivered with Patek Philippe leather-bound folder containing product literature

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Lot Essay

The present reference 5004 is one of only a handful examples of this model in pink gold with the desirable black dial, confirmed by the Certificate of Origin, to appear in public to date. It is furthermore preserved in excellent overall condition.

Reference 5004
Reference 5004 is considered a modern classic and derives its features from reference 3970, which itself is based on the legendary reference 2499. However, reference 5004 steps up a gear in terms of complication by boasting the highly complex split seconds function. Reference 5004 is roughly one millimeter larger than reference 3970 and also easily recognizable by its oversized split-seconds pusher in the crown.

Production of reference 5004 began in 1994 and is today discontinued. Patek Philippe replaced it with two other split seconds chronograph models, both in platinum cases: the cushion-shaped reference 5951 released in 2010 with in-house calibre CHR 27-525 PS Q and reference 5204, released in March 2012 at the Basel Fair with in-house calibre CHR 29-535 PS Q.

Reference 5004 is illustrated in: Patek Philippe Wristwatches, Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 312.

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