Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2014

LOT 286

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5110 WORLD TIME YELLOW GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, "World Time," No. 3207007, case No. 4142423, Ref. 5110J. Made in 2001. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with World Time system and a 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin and booklets.

Two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down transparent case back, protected winding crown, push button on the band to activate the settable discs with the different time zones, the 24 hours and jump-type time setting, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. Guilloche silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, surrounded by a blue and matte silver 24-hour revolving disc for the diurnal and nocturnal hours, outer revolving ring dial bearing the names of 24 cities in the world. Yellow gold lozenge hands. Cal. 240 HU, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 33 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor.