PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE 18K WHITE GOLD LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC WORLD TIME WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, MADE TO COMMEMORATE THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF PATEK PHILIPPE IN 2014
PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE 18K WHITE GOLD LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC WORLD TIME WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, MADE TO COMMEMORATE THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF PATEK PHILIPPE IN 2014
PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE 18K WHITE GOLD LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC WORLD TIME WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, MADE TO COMMEMORATE THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF PATEK PHILIPPE IN 2014
PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE 18K WHITE GOLD LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC WORLD TIME WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, MADE TO COMMEMORATE THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF PATEK PHILIPPE IN 2014
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PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE 18K WHITE GOLD LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC WORLD TIME WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, MADE TO COMMEMORATE THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF PATEK PHILIPPE IN 2014

REF. 5575G, CIRCA 2014

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE 18K WHITE GOLD LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC WORLD TIME WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, MADE TO COMMEMORATE THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF PATEK PHILIPPE IN 2014
REF. 5575G, CIRCA 2014
Movement: Automatic
Dial: Black
Case: 40 mm.
With: 18k white gold 175th anniversary Patek Philippe deployant clasp, Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin, Patek Philippe Attestation, commemorative medal, sales tag, setting pin, product literature, leather holder, 175th anniversary presentation box and outer packaging
Remark: In unworn condition, limited to 1300 pieces, fresh to the market
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Lot incorporates material from endangered species that is not for sale and is shown for display purposes only. The endangered species strap shown with the Lot is for display purposes only and is not for sale.Upon sale, the watch will not be supplied to a buyer outside Hong Kong with any watch strap.

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Lot Essay

For Patek Philippe's 175th anniversary in 2014, the firm has reinterpreted this legendary model, giving it a hauntingly poetic moon phase display. To help it venture into these new technical and aesthetic dimensions, the manufacture has developed a new version of ultra-thin self-winding movement: the caliber 240 HU LU. The engineers have dispensed with the usual aperture and its disk adorned with two moons; instead, a single, large, richly atmospheric moon turns clockwise, at the center of the dial, against a star-studded nocturnal sky. The effect is achieved with two very thin disks of mineral glass. The lower disk, depicting the moon, completes a rotation in a lunar month. The fixed upper disk is a heart-shaped mask; its outline reveals the changing visible portion of the moon night after night with astonishing accuracy. A complex new metallization technique has produced a moon whose face stands out against its starry background with almost photographic realism.

The present reference 5575 was made in a limited series of 1,300 pieces in white gold and is highly sought-after by collectors worldwide.

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