86,400 CHF
Ref. 5050R, Roman Dial Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1958507, case No. 2961879, Ref. 5050R, 1st generation. Sold on January 11, 2002. Very fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, 18K pink gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, retrograde date, leap year indication, moon phases and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin and booklets. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, screweddown transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Matte silver with applied pink gold radial Roman numerals, apertures for the days of the week, the months, the moon phases and the leap year, retrograde sector for the date. Pink gold feuille hands. Cal. 315/136, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, free-sprung Glucydur Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 11 mm Notes Ref. 5050 Production of ref. 5050 started in 1993 with the yellow gold version only. In 1995 PATEK PHILIPPE offered the full range for sale: yellow gold, white gold, pink gold, and platinum. Only one dial color, opaline gray, was available for the four different metals, but it was possible to choose between indexes or Roman numerals. This was the first Patek Philippe perpetual calendar wristwatch to feature a “retrograde date”. In 1
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-05-11
