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Lot Essay
US$260,000-350,000
With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated 30 April 2008, additional case back, instruction manual, product literature, original fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
The present lot stands out by its overall close to "mint" condition and is only the fifth example to come up for auction since its introduction in 2008.
Manufacture of reference 5078 was launched in 2008 and was only available in platinum with a white enamel dial such as this watch. In 2010, Patek Philippe made available a black metal dial.
It is fitted with the ingenious calibre R 27 PS which impresses not only by its remarkable number of 342 parts but also by Patek Philippe's masterly performance of combining a micro-rotor and a minute repeating mechanism in a proportionally small 12 1/2''' movement.
It is furthermore incorporating a "Cathedral" repeating mechanism of this watch consisting of a high-tone and a low-tone gong. When the repeating is activated, first the hours are stroke by means of one of the two hammers on the low-tone gong, followed by the quarter hours with double strikes on both the low-tone and the high-tone gong, and finally the number of minutes which have elapsed since the last quarter-hour with one hammer on the high-tone gong.
With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated 30 April 2008, additional case back, instruction manual, product literature, original fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
The present lot stands out by its overall close to "mint" condition and is only the fifth example to come up for auction since its introduction in 2008.
Manufacture of reference 5078 was launched in 2008 and was only available in platinum with a white enamel dial such as this watch. In 2010, Patek Philippe made available a black metal dial.
It is fitted with the ingenious calibre R 27 PS which impresses not only by its remarkable number of 342 parts but also by Patek Philippe's masterly performance of combining a micro-rotor and a minute repeating mechanism in a proportionally small 12 1/2''' movement.
It is furthermore incorporating a "Cathedral" repeating mechanism of this watch consisting of a high-tone and a low-tone gong. When the repeating is activated, first the hours are stroke by means of one of the two hammers on the low-tone gong, followed by the quarter hours with double strikes on both the low-tone and the high-tone gong, and finally the number of minutes which have elapsed since the last quarter-hour with one hammer on the high-tone gong.