Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon Mens Watch 5002P
Item # 5002P
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Brand: Patek Philippe
Brand: Sky Moon
Style: Men's
Case: Platinum 950
Dial Color: White Silvered; Blue Celestial Rear
Strap: Black Crocodile Leather
Watch Clasp: Platinum Tang B uckle
Movement: Manual Winding
Engine: Patek Philippe 109 (RTO 27 QR SID LUCL (37.6mm dia, 12.61mm h, 55 jewels, 21,600vph)
Functions: Hours, Minutes, Sweep Seconds, Repeater (Hour, Quarter Hour and Minute), Perpetual Calendar
Crystal: Scratch Resistant Sapphire
Case Diameter: 42.8 mm
Case Thickness: 16.25 mm
Caseback: Sapphire Crystal Display Back - revealing sublime celestial chart
Bezel Material: Platinum
Bezel Function: Fixed
Water Resistance: NOT WATER RESISTANT
Crown: Platinum: at 2 o'clock regulates celestial chart and sidereal hours, at 4 o'clock for other
Calendar: Date, day, month, leap yr, moon phase (frnt), sidereal time, moon descension, celestial chart (back)
* Geneva Seal engraved on Movement. Hidden Tourbillon. Truly awe-inspiring piece that is almost impossible to find. Poire hands. Month at 3 o'clock, moonphase at 6 o'clock, leap year cycle at 12 o'clock. Retrograde (jumps-back) center date hand. On the back celestial sky dial, the white skeletonized hands indicate the sidereal hour as it occurs every 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.1 seconds. The eliptical sky vault displays the present orientation of the visible celestial sky. The lunar cycle of 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes and 2.82 seconds is also indicated on the rear dial. This watch would be the crown-jewel in any afficionados collection, other than perhaps, the Vacheron Constantin Tour de I'lle. Even more limited than the magnificent Yellow Gold version, the Platinum Sky-Moon Tourbillon is perhaps the rarest continuously produced wristwatch in the world.
About the Brand
Amongst manufacturers, Patek Philippe has a long history. On May 1st, 1839 two Polish immigrants, Antoine Norbert de Patek (Salesman) and François Czapek (Watchmaker) joined forces to found "Patek, Czapek & Cie". They separated in 1844, and in 1845 Patek joined with the French watchmaker Adrien Philippe, inventor of the keyless winding mechanism. In 1851, Patek Philippe & Co was founded. In 1868, Patek Philippe made their first wristwatch. They have also pioneered the perpetual calendar, split-seconds hand, chronograph, and minute repeater in watches. The company, like other Swiss manufactures, produces mostly mechanical movements of the automatic and manual wind variety, but has produced quartz watches in the past and even a digital wrist watch, the Ref. 3414. PP is notable for manufacturing its own watch components. Patek Philippe timepieces have recorded high closing prices in auctions worldwide. A large part of the demand for auction pieces is driven by Patek Philippe themselves, as they are often purchasing in the auction market to add to the collection of the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva.
