$21,240
“Pink 5035” Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 3057114, Ref. 5035. Made in the late 1990s. Very fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with annual calendar and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe bracelet “à grosses mailles”. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent screwed-down case back, concave bezel, sapphire crystals. Matte silver with luminous pink gold radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the 24-hours, the months, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous pink gold "feuille" hands. Cal. 315/198, stamped with the Geneva Quality Mark, rhodiumplated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 35 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Notes Ref. 5035 On March 1, 1996, Patek Philippe obtained Swiss Patent No. 685585 G for a completely new date mechanism : an annual calendar for a wristwatch with automatic winding. This ingenious mechanism is programmed to take into account the varying lengths of each month from March 1 to the end of February of the following year. This is the first automatic wristwatch in which the calendar needs to be adjusted only once a year.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-06-14
