Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon Ref. 6002G-010
- Lot 144 | Estimate: CHF 2,000,000-4,000,000
If the Ref. 2523 “South America” represents Patek Philippe‘s mid-century work, the Sky Moon Tourbillon shows the manufacture in full, modern grand complication mode. The 2018 Ref. 6002G-010 houses 12 complications inside an elaborately hand-engraved 18k white gold case, a highly elaborate combination of perpetual calendar, moon-phase, sidereal time and celestial display.
The front dial shows mean solar time alongside a perpetual calendar with retrograde date and moon-phase, while the reverse turns the watch into something closer to a miniature observatory, with a celestial chart of the northern sky, sidereal time and the moon-phase and orbit. This example is one of the few produced with a black enamel dial and, according to Phillips, only the second of its kind to appear at international auction.
With an estimate of CHF 2,000,000-4,000,000, the timepiece carries the highest projection in the sale after the Ref. 2523. But where the South America world-timer draws much of its intrigue from vintage rarity and enamel work, the Sky Moon Tourbillon puts Patek Philippe’s mechanical ambitions on full display.