Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 13, 2016

LOT 177

PATEK PHILIPPE REF 5110 WORLD TIME PINK GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, "World Time," No. 3210035, Ref. 5110R. Sold in December 2002. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with "World Time" system and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original certificate, fitted box and instruction booklet.

Two-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, screw-down transparent case back, protected winding crown, push button on the band at 10 to rotate the discs for the different time zones, the 24 hours and jump- type time-setting, sapphire crystals. Guilloche silver with applied pink gold indexes, surrounded by a black and matte silver revolving disc in 24 hours for the diurnal and nocturnal hours, outer revolving ring dial bearing the names of 24 global locations. Pink gold lozenge hands. Cal. 240/188, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 33 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor.