$13,800
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 3055300,Ref. 5035, 1990's.Very fine and unusual, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with annual calendar, 48 hours autonomy, leather strap and platinum Patek Philippe buckle. two body, massive, polished, transparent screwed case back, concave bezel. 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, lever escapement, Giromax balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor.Dial and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm. Notes Ref. 5035Production of this reference started in 1996.On 1st March 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 account of the varying lengths of each month from 1st March to the end of February in the following year.This is the first automatic wristwatch in which the calendar needs to be adjusted only once a year.A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, p. 323.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-12-01
