$69,700
PATEK PHILIPPE – REF. 5159 – RETROGRADE PERPETUAL CALENDAR – WHITE GOLD Patek Philippe, Geneve, “Retrograde Perpetual Calendar” movement No. 3411015, case No. 4447455, Ref. 5159G. Sold on August 2, 2008. Very fine, Officer-style, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, retrograde date, and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original winding box, push pin, Certificate of Origin, booklets and card shipping case. Four-body, solid, polished, hinged case back over transparent crystal to view the movement, rounded band and bezel, straight lugs with gold screwed bars, sapphire crystals. Silvered sun-burst with painted radial Roman numerals, concentric retrograde sector for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week at 9, the months at 3, the leap year indication at 12 and the moon phases, outermost minute and 1/5th seconds divisions. Blackened gold double spade hands. Cal. 324 S-QR, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Notes Launched in 2007, the reference 5159 replaced the perpetual-calendar 5059 and now featured a larger 38 mm case (instead of 36 mm), sun-
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-06-08
