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Lot Essay
Offered in superb condition and with full set, this platinum limited edition reference 5077P-089 has an incredibly beautiful “Pheasant Feathers” cloisonné dial, showing in great detail the pheasant’s feathers in green, red, blue and gold.
Originally only available as part of a set of 4 watches when first offered to Patek Philippe's most important clients, the reference 5077 was launched in 2007 with five sets of four watches being made each year with differently themed cloisonné dials. The present watch affords collectors the perfect opportunity to obtain an individual piece from one of these exclusive and much sought after sets.
The rarity behind this timepiece is its stunning cloisonné enamel dial, hand-engraved under translucent gold, red, blue and green enamel, the artist created the outlines of the Pheasant’s feathers by arranging thin gold wires on a gold dial plate. These partitions, called "cloisons" in French, were filled with small quantities of enamel powder in the desired colour. The dial was then fired in a furnace at around 1000 degrees Celsius causing the powder to melt. Finally it was hand-polished until obtaining a perfectly flat glass-like surface. The creation of each dial requires up to 7 firings, using 7 to 10 different enamel colours. It would take one of Patek Philippe’s independent master enamellists approximately 7 days of work to create such an individual works of art.
Originally only available as part of a set of 4 watches when first offered to Patek Philippe's most important clients, the reference 5077 was launched in 2007 with five sets of four watches being made each year with differently themed cloisonné dials. The present watch affords collectors the perfect opportunity to obtain an individual piece from one of these exclusive and much sought after sets.
The rarity behind this timepiece is its stunning cloisonné enamel dial, hand-engraved under translucent gold, red, blue and green enamel, the artist created the outlines of the Pheasant’s feathers by arranging thin gold wires on a gold dial plate. These partitions, called "cloisons" in French, were filled with small quantities of enamel powder in the desired colour. The dial was then fired in a furnace at around 1000 degrees Celsius causing the powder to melt. Finally it was hand-polished until obtaining a perfectly flat glass-like surface. The creation of each dial requires up to 7 firings, using 7 to 10 different enamel colours. It would take one of Patek Philippe’s independent master enamellists approximately 7 days of work to create such an individual works of art.