$8,625
Patek Philippe & Cie,Genève,"Travel Time", Ref. 5034. Produced circa 2000.Very fine, two time zone, water-resistant, 44-hour autonomy, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with two push buttons and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. two-body, solid, polished, ribbed and stepped bezel, straight lugs, the crown at 3 is for time-setting and winding, the pusher at 8 advances the local time hour hand forward by one hour at the time, the second pusher at 10 moves the same hand backward. white with painted Breguet numerals, auxiliary dials for the seconds at 6 and the 24 hours for the second time zone at 12. "Feuille" hands in burnished steel and yellow gold. Cal. 215 PS stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-lated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-05-21
