60,000 CHF
Pink Gold 5059, First Time at Auction Patek Philippe, Genève, “Officier” movement No. 3236659, case No. 4274174, Ref. 5059R. Sold in January, 2007. Very fine and rare, Officier-style, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, retrograde date, and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted winding box, push pin, Certificate of Origin and booklets. Four-body, solid, polished, hinged case back over transparent crystal to view the movement, rounded band and bezel, straight lugs with white gold 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. Blackened 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 20 such pieces have appeared at auction.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-11-14
