66,000 CHF
Platinum 5059, First Time at Auction Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3235502, case No. 4138700, Ref. 5059P. Sold in April 2002. Very fine and rare, Officier-style, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, retrograde date, and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted carrousel winding box, Certificate of Origin, and push pin. Four-body, solid, polished, hinged case back over transparent crystal to view the movement, rounded band and bezel, straight lugs with platinum screwed bars, sapphire crystals. White with painted radial Roman numerals, retrograde sector for the days of the month in the center, apertures for the days of the week at 9, the months at 3, the leap years at 12 and the moon phases, outermost minute and 1/5th seconds divisions. Black oxydized gold feuille hands. Cal. 315/136, 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, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Notes To the best of our knowledge, fewer than 30 such pieces have appeared at auction. Ref. 5059 was produced from 1998 to 2006, then replaced with larger Ref. 5159.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-11-14
