A Patek Phlippe Sky Moon Tourbillon in yellow gold, Ref. 5002, sold for $1.2 million at auction in New York on October 7th. According to Patrizzi & Co. Auctioneers, this is the highest price paid for a wristwatch at auction since the beginning of the recession. And, of course, it's a Patek. As you probably already know, Pateks are in high demand among collectors, resulting in consistently high auction prices.
(This gallery features photographs taken from the exterior display cases at the Baselworld Patek Philippe booth.)
This is a video of the manufacture Patek Philippe, and the process they go through to make a timepiece.
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Here is a new Patek Philippe Aquanaut with a black rubber dial and a new exclusive Aquanaut pattern. This one costs around $10,000. It has a "Tropical" strap with a folding steel clasp emobssed with Patek Philippe's Calatrava Cross emblem. This strap was developed exclusively for the Aquanaut line, and is made of more than 20 materials. It is an ideal strap for aquatic sports because it cannot be ruined by salt water or extreme temperatures. It is also highly resistant to stress and ultraviolet raditation. It has even been tested by the FDA and is hypo-allergenic. Patek Phillipe even makes matching rings as I posted earleir this year here.
The Patek Phillipe Titanium Nautilus Limited Edition pictured above was auctioned at the 2007 ONLY WATCH charity event for close to $750,000. The Patek was the highest earner of 35 brands that donated high-end limited edition and protype watches to be sold through Antiquorum. The other brands include:Omega, Piaget, IWC, Harry Winston, Richard Mille with Philippe Starck, Blancpain, De Bethune, Breguet, Vacheron Constantin, Jaquet Droz, Louis Vuitton, Franck Müller, Pierre Kunz, Chopard, Zenith, Hublot, Frédérique Constant, Daniel Roth, Audemars Piguet, Rodolphe, Swatch, Officine Panerai, Ulysse Nardin, Girard-Perregaux, Eterna, Dewitt, Jaeger-Lecoultre, Mauboussin, Corum, Glasshütte Original, Instruments & Mesures du Temps, deLaCour, Gerald Charles and Van Cleef & Arpels. The event raised a total of over $3.8 million dollars. All the proceeds from the Only Watch 2007 charity event went to benefit research for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
This new limited edition masterpiece from Patek Philippe is made from 950 platinum, which by its' nature is much harder to work with than gold or steel. The result is a heavy timepiece that has a color few other watches will ever have. The bezel is studded with 36 baguette diamonds that are each the flawless rare white Top Wessleton kind that total four carats. The solid platinum case comes with two casebacks: a solid-platinum back and a sapphire-crystal caseback. A shiny black alligator strap is used along with a platinum prong buckle with six baguette diamonds. The dial is black with diamond hour markers.
Antiquorum’s summer auction, held at The New York Timezone, obtained the extraordinary sum of $8,586,583. The highlight of the sale was lot 289, a Patek Philippe Ref. 5002 which sold for $ 1,240,400; a record for a wristwatch in the United States.
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The new Patek Philippe Nautilus Chronograph 5980 has a stainless steel case and integrated bracelet. This new an elegant sporty timepiece with a stopwatch function is the perfect result of the combination between the new self-winding, column-wheel-controlled caliber 28-520 C chronograph movement with the new 44-mm Nautilus case size .
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