18ct yellow gold Patek Philippe ref. 5040 Perpetual calendar wristwatch with moonphases. Made 1994

Information

• Brand: Patek Philippe
• Made: 1994
• Model: Perpetual moonphase 
• Reference: 5040
• Calibre: 240 Q
• Movement: Manual
• Material: 18ct yellow gold 
• Features/complications: Perpetual moonphase 
• Dial: Silvered dial with printed outer minute track featuring applied 18ct yellow gold mirror polished Arabic numeral hour indices with subsidiary seconds at 3 o'clock for month indicator, 6 o’clock for day of the month indicator with moonphase window and 9 o clock for the day of the week indicator with blued steel Breguet hour and minute hands 
• Case dimensions: Width 35.5mm, length 42.6mm 
• Bracelet/strap: Leather strap 
• Accessories: Extract from the Archives
• Additional information: 
• SKU: 3265

Essay

Arguably the reference 5040 is one of the most unique and iconic models designed by Patek Philippe in honour of their famous time only 1930’s ‘tortue’ watches from the 1930’s.

The 5040 was first released in 1992 and remained in production until 2007 with two series: the first, with movement numbers beginning with 77X thousand, fitted with calibre 240 114 and a second series, with movement numbers beginning with 3.12X million, fitted with calibre 240 116.

The 5040 perpetual calendar was produced in yellow, white, and rose gold, as well as platinum.