$21,600
White Gold World Time Patek Philippe, Genève, "World Time," No. 3215439, Ref. 5110G. Made circa 2002. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with "World Time" system and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down transparent case back, protected crown, push button on the band at 10 to activate the settable discs with the different time-zones, the 24 hours and jump-type time-setting, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. Guilloche silver with applied white gold baton indexes, surrounded by a black and matte silver revolving disc in 24 hours for the diurnal and nocturnal hours, outer revolving ring dial bearing the names of 24 global locations. White gold lozenge hands. Cal. 240/ 188, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodiumplated, fausses cotes decoration, 33 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 22K gold microrotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 10 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-12-11
