17,825 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 3130568, Ref. 5035. Production of this reference started in 1996. Very fine and unusual, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with annual calendar, 48 hours autonomy, and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. two body, solid, polished, transparent screwed-down case back, concave bezel and lugs. anthracite with tritium-coated white gold radial Roman numerals, auxiliary dials for the days of the week, the 24 hours, the months, aperture for the days of the month. "Feuille" tritium-coated white gold hands. Cal. 315/198, Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 35 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-pring, 21K gold rotor.Dial and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Notes Ref. 5035 On March 1, 1996, Patek Philippe obtained Swiss Patent o. 685585 G for a completely new date mechanism: an annual calendar for a wristwatch with automatic winding. This ingenious mechanism is programmed to take account of the varying lengths of each month from March 1 to the end of February the following year.This is the first automatic wristwatch in which the calendar needs to be adjusted only once a year.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-14
