97th Auction

2018/5/12

Lot 311

Patek Philippe Genève, Movement No. 3363639, Case No. 4410499, Ref. 5070R-001, Cal. 27-70, 42 mm, circa 2007
A factory sealed, large wristband chronograph with manual-winding. This piece was produced in a very small annual edition of only 250 pieces. With Patek Philippe original box, presentation slipcase, original sales tag, certificate, product literature and leather envelope
Case: 18k pink gold, glazed screw back, 18k pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Dial: steel-grey, applied Arabic pink gold numerals, auxiliary seconds at "9", 30 min. counter, tachy scale, pink gold leaf hands.
Reference 5070 marked Patek Philippe’s return to the high quality wrist chronograph after 30 years. The last chronograph model before that had been reference 1463 and its production had ceased by the late 1960s. Reference 5070 was limited to 250 pieces a year and was produced from 1998 to 2010, first in yellow gold and then in white gold, red gold and platinum; the model had a metallic dial in various colours depending on the case material. It is safe to assume that only about 1,000 chronographs were produced in red gold.
Over the years, reference 5070 has become one of the most highly sought after wrist chronographs ever - this example is in mint condition and comes with all documents and in its original packaging.

estimated
52.00065.000 €
Price realized
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