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Patek Philippe
Ref. 5204R-011
A very rare and exceptional pink gold perpetual calendar spilt-seconds chronograph wristwatch with moon phases, leap year, day and night indication, Certificate of Origin, additional solid caseback, setting pin and presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$1,000,000 - 1,500,000€120,000 - 180,000$128,000 - 192,000
- Manufacturer
- Patek Philippe
- Year
- Circa 2022
- Reference No
- 5204R-011
- Movement No
- 5’255’338
- Case No
- 6’363’478
- Material
- 18K pink gold
- Calibre
- Manual, CHR 29-535 PS Q, 34 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Crocodile
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 40mm diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement and clasp signed
- Accessories
- Accompanied by Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin stamped The Hour Glass (HK) Ltd, Hong Kong dated 18 January 2022, instruction manual, product literature, additional solid caseback, setting pin, hang tag, photograph, leather card holder, leather portfolio, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Catalogue Essay
In 1996, Patek Philippe launched their inaugural perpetual calendar split seconds chronograph - the landmark ref. 5004. Met with acclaim, it featured the final Lemania-based cal. CH 27-70 Q before being discontinued in 2010, succeeded by a limited stainless steel series.
2012 brought a new dawn with the ref. 5204 - flaunting Patek Philippe's first in-house perpetual calendar split seconds chronograph cal. CHR 29-535 PS Q. While retaining the revered aesthetics, several dial enhancements optimised legibility including an inverted moonphase at 6 o'clock alongside day/night and leap year apertures. Keen eyes appreciate the "chin" date registers sitting above the minute track, unlike the overlapping layout of the ref. 5004. Housed in an enlarged 40mm case, the ref. 5204 signaled a modern evolution of Patek's complication mastery.
Fresh-to-the-market, the present ref. 5204R-011 in pink gold paired with an elegant slate grey dial was released in 2021 and recently discontinued. This outstanding example from circa 2022 exhibits hardly any signs of use and is further accompanied by all its original accessories.
Patek Philippe
Swiss | 1839Since its founding in 1839, this famous Geneva-based firm has been surprising its clientele with superbly crafted timepieces fitted with watchmaking's most prestigious complications. Traditional and conservative designs are found across Patek Philippe's watches made throughout their history — the utmost in understated elegance.
Well-known for the Graves Supercomplication — a highly complicated pocket watch that was the world’s most complicated watch for 50 years — this family-owned brand has earned a reputation of excellence around the world. Patek's complicated vintage watches hold the highest number of world records for results achieved at auction compared with any other brand. For collectors, key models include the reference 1518, the world's first serially produced perpetual calendar chronograph, and its successor, the reference 2499. Other famous models include perpetual calendars such as the ref. 1526, ref. 3448 and 3450, chronographs such as the reference 130, 530 and 1463, as well as reference 1436 and 1563 split seconds chronographs. Patek is also well-known for their classically styled, time-only "Calatrava" dress watches, and the "Nautilus," an iconic luxury sports watch first introduced in 1976 as the reference 3700 that is still in production today.