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Lot Essay
This ref. 5040 was purchased by the present owner in this saleroom in November 2016, at the time fitted with a black dial with Breguet numerals as confirmed by the Certificate of Origin dated 12 May 2008 and the Extract from the Archives dated 15 September 2016.
Having a preference for the silvered dial version, he delivered the watch to the Salons Patek Philippe in Geneva and request a change of dial, feasibility confirmed to him by email on 25 November 2016. Patek Philippe furthermore stated in the same email that the silvered dial with Breguet numerals available is the very last one existing for this reference.
The watch was then serviced and the dial exchanged, total cost CHF3,666.60.
Copies of the Email from Patek Philippe and the service invoice as well as the Certificate of Origin dated 2008 and the Extract from the Archives dated 2016 will be delivered with the watch.
Reference 5040
Reference 5040 was launched in 1992 and discontinued in 2007. It was available in all gold colours as well as in platinum and is distinguished by its tonneau tortue case, a style typical of the 1920s and 1930s, but much less common in modern times.
Tonneau indicates a "barrel" shape (indeed tonneau means barrel in French) with narrow ends and wide center. Tortue (turtle, in French) describes a case with short lugs and rounded corners, resembling the legs of a turtle protruding from the shell. As this term defines a case detail, rather than a case shape, it is normally used in conjunction of the case shape, one can have tonneau tortue, like the present watch, or also carre tortue, cushion tortue, etc.
Ref. 5040 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 295.
Having a preference for the silvered dial version, he delivered the watch to the Salons Patek Philippe in Geneva and request a change of dial, feasibility confirmed to him by email on 25 November 2016. Patek Philippe furthermore stated in the same email that the silvered dial with Breguet numerals available is the very last one existing for this reference.
The watch was then serviced and the dial exchanged, total cost CHF3,666.60.
Copies of the Email from Patek Philippe and the service invoice as well as the Certificate of Origin dated 2008 and the Extract from the Archives dated 2016 will be delivered with the watch.
Reference 5040
Reference 5040 was launched in 1992 and discontinued in 2007. It was available in all gold colours as well as in platinum and is distinguished by its tonneau tortue case, a style typical of the 1920s and 1930s, but much less common in modern times.
Tonneau indicates a "barrel" shape (indeed tonneau means barrel in French) with narrow ends and wide center. Tortue (turtle, in French) describes a case with short lugs and rounded corners, resembling the legs of a turtle protruding from the shell. As this term defines a case detail, rather than a case shape, it is normally used in conjunction of the case shape, one can have tonneau tortue, like the present watch, or also carre tortue, cushion tortue, etc.
Ref. 5040 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 295.