$59,000
Yellow Gold Ref. 5050 Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1957229, case No. 2961778, Ref. 5050. Made in 1997, sold on June 16, 1997. Very fine and rare, astronomic, center seconds, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, retrograde date, leap year indication, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a winding fitted box, Certificate of Origin and a solid 18K yellow gold case back. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, screwed-down transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Satiné silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, apertures for the days of the week, the months, the moon phases and the leap year, retrograde sector for the date. Yellow gold feuille hands. Cal. 315/136, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes 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. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Property of Various Owners Notes Ref. 5050 Production of Ref. 5050 started in 1993 with the yellow gold version only. In 1995 Patek Philippe offered the full range for sale: yellow gold, white gold, pink gold, and platinum. Only one dial color, opaline gray, was available for the four different metals, but it was possible to choose between indexes or Roman numerals. This was the first Patek Philippe perpet
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-12-05
