$16,520
"Pink Gold Ref. 5035" Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3055207, case No. 4000177, Ref. 5035. Made in 1998. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with annual calendar and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate and a setting pin. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent screwed-down case back, concave bezel, sapphire crystals. Matte silver with applied luminous pink gold radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the 24 hours and the months, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous pink gold "feuille" hands. Cal. 315/198, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 35 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Notes Ref. 5035 On March 1, 1996, Patek Philippe obtained Swiss Patent No. 685585 G for a completely new date mechanism : an annual calendar for a wristwatch with automatic winding. This ingenious mechanism is programmed to take into account the varying lengths of each month from March 1 to the end of February of the following year. This is the first automatic wristwatch in which the calendar needs to be adjusted only once a year.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-03-28
