Rare Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon Set To Sell For $800000-$1.6-Million At Phillips Auction

A rare white gold version of the Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon hits the auction block on May 28 with a pre-sale estimate of $800,000-$1.6-million, at a Hong Kong auction by Phillips in Association With Bacs & Russo 5002G is a double-dialed wristwatch with 12 complications: minute repeater, tourbillon, perpetual calendar, retrograde date, sky chart, moon phase, moon age, orbit display, sidereal time and leap year indicator, in addition to hours, minutes and seconds Made in 2007 and presented that year at the Baselworld fair in Switzerland, the Sky Moon is one of the few multiple-complication, double-dial watches made for the wrist - it was Patek's first such watch, and was inspired by the Star Caliber, a multi-complication pocket watch made by Patek in 2000 to celebrate the millennium.

Patek manufactured very few Sky Moon Tourbillons, and only on individual order Phillips says Patek made more versions in yellow gold and platinum, and fewer in pink and white gold 5013R minute repeater perpetual calendar in a rare pink gold tonneau case, made circa 2007 and accompanied by Tiffany & Co.

packaging 35711, a rare high jewelry watch made in 1990, set with 36 baguette diamonds weighing 58 carats. . Source