22,420 CHF
Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3134092, case No. 4166307, Ref. 5035. Production of this reference started in 1996. Made circa 2000. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with annual calendar and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin. Two-body, solid, polished, concave bezel and lugs, screwed-down transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Black with applied luminous pink gold radial Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds scale, subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the month and the 24 hours, aperture for the date. Luminous pink gold "feuille" hands. Cal. 315/198, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 35 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, gold rotor. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Notes Ref. 5035 On March 1, 1996 Patek Philippe obtained Swiss Patent for a completely new date mechanism: an annual calendar for a wristwatch with automatic winding. This ingenious mechanism is programmed to take account of the varying lengths of each month from March 1st to the end of February in the following year. This is the first automatic wristwatch in which the calendar needs to be adjusted only once a year.A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Wristwatches", by Martin Huber and Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, p.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-05-13
