$105,900
"Platinum Ref. 5050, Second Generation" Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1957214, case No. 2961862, Ref. 5050 P, second generation. Made in 1994. Very fine and rare, astronomic, center seconds, self-winding, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, retrograde date, leap year indication, moon phases and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by an Extract from the Archives. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, fluted lugs, screwed-down transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Matte silver with applied white gold "baton" indexes, apertures for the days of the week, the months, the moon phases and the leap year, retrograde sector for the date. White 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, free-sprung Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Property of an Asian Collector 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 perpetual calendar wr
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-06-14