237,500 HKD
PP Ref. 5056, Platinum Quantième Annuel Patek Philippe, Genève, “Quantième Annuel”, movement No. 3143754, case No. 4084758, Ref. 5056P. Made in 1999, sold Septembre 7th, 1999. Very fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum and diamond wristwatch with annual calendar, power reserve, moon phases and a Patek Philippe platinum buckle. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Three-body, stepped and curved bezel, case band set at 6 with a Top-Wesselton diamond, concave lugs, correctors on the band, screwed-down transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Slate gray with applied white gold luminous radial Roman numerals, outer minute/second track, subsidiary dials for the days of the week and the month, sector for the power reserve indication below 12, apertures for the date at 6 and the moon phases. Luminous white gold feuille hands. Cal. 315, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straightline lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 11 mm Notes The Ref. 5056P is no longer in production. Better known as the "Quantième Annuel" or Annual Calendar, this model was launched by Patek Philippe in 1996. It features a calendar with an ingenious patented mechanism that requires adjusting only once a year, on Ma
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-10-09
