PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 6104 CELESTIAL ASTRONOMICAL
GRAND COMPLICATION
DIAMONDS & WHITE GOLD
Patek Philippe, Genève, Celestial, No. 5530202, case No. 4746872, Ref. 6104G.
Sold on June 27th, 2011.
Extremely fine and complicated astronomic, self-winding, 18K white gold
and diamond set wristwatch with date, meantime indication, nocturnal sky
chart of the Northern Hemisphere, moon phases and moon orbit, time of the
meridian passage of Sirius and moon with an 18K white gold and diamond
set Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original Certificate of
Origin and a leather folder with technical and instruction information.
Three-body, solid, polished, bezel and clasp set with 60 (bezel x 38, clasp
x 22) baguette diamonds ( total: 5.69 ct.), concave lugs, transparent screw-
down case back, sapphire crystals. The crown at 2 adjusts the time and to
wind the watch, the one at 4 adjusts the sky, lunar orbit and moon phases.
Blue sky chart with gold star constellations and North/South/East/West
divisions, made from 3 super-imposed sapphire crystal disks, outer divisions
to adjust moon phases and sky, outermost graduation for the days of the
month in Arabic numerals, aperture for the moon phases. White skeletonized
feuille hands.
Cal. 240/169, stamped with the Patek Philippe Seal mark, rhodium-plated,
fausses cotes decoration, 45 jewels, straight-line lever escapement,
Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock
absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 22K yellow gold
micro-rotor.