Antiquorum Will Present Patek Philippe Platinum Ref 5016 Black & Red Watch

December 13, 2012 in New York the Antiquorum auction in category "Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces" will hold. Of particular note among the lots presented for sale, worth the Patek Philippe Platinum Ref 5016 Black & Red watch with such complications as repeater, tourbillon and perpetual calendar. The model is unique with a deep black dial, graduated by the minute scale and markings in red. The watch, modified with so many complications, has a great collectible value. It should be noted that, that the watch Patek Philippe Platinum Ref 5016 Black & Red is in perfect condition. The watch is previously estimated $ 500,000 - 700,000.

Patek Philippe Platinum Ref 5016 Black & Red watch

According to the archives of Patek Philippe, the model Patek Philippe Platinum Ref 5016 Black & Red was manufactured in 1999 and sold in 2001. The case of platinum in diameter is 37 mm and 15 mm in width. The black dial has hour-markers, made of 18K white gold in the Breguet style, an additional small second’s hand dial, date aperture, week, month, leap year and moon phase.
The watch runs on the base of the mechanism RTO 27 PS-QR, marked by Hallmark of Geneva. Functions of the caliber: hours, minutes, seconds, perpetual calendar, moon phases. The work of the mechanism can be seen through the sapphire crystal on the back cover.

Patek Philippe Platinum Ref 5016 Black & Red watch caseback

In 2012 the model passed a complete maintenance on the manufacture Patek Philippe.
A unique instance of Precision Mechanics Patek Philippe Platinum Ref 5016 Black & Red up to 2001 was considered the most difficult timekeeping device until the company Patek Phillipe released the Ref. 5002 "Sky Moon Tourbillon" watch.
The model Patek Philippe Platinum Ref 5016 Black & Red is equipped by the original box with an automatic winding module, the watch documents and the archive extract.

Official site of Patek Philippe.

Written by Lucy Vuiton