Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2014

LOT 713

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5056 ANNUAL CALENDAR PLATINUM Patek Philippe, Genève, "Quantième Annuel", No. 3143761, case No. 4084772, Ref. 5056P. Made in 1999, sold on December 24th, 1999. Very fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water resistant, platinum and diamond wristwatch with annual calendar, power reserve, moon phases and buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, certificate of Origin, booklet, setting pin, extract from the archives and a spare dial.

Three-body, stepped and curved bezel, case band set at 6 with a Top-Wesselton diamond, concave lugs, correctors on the band, screwed-down transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Slate-gray with applied white gold luminous Roman numerals, outer minute/second track, subsidiary dials for the days of the week and the month, sector for the power reserve indication below 12, apertures for the date at 6 and the moon phases. Luminous white gold feuille hands. Cal. 315, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium- plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straightline lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating, free-sprung flat balance spring, 18K gold rotor.