Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 09, 2014

LOT 298

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5130 WORLD TIME PINK GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, World Time, No. 5566070, case No. 4523320, Ref. 5130J. Made in 2009, sold December 9, 2010. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with world time system for the simultaneous indication of 24 time zones and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, Certificate of Origin and booklets.

Two-body, polished, screw-down transparent case back, protected winding crown, push button on the band at 10 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 brushed silver and black revolving disc in 24 hours for the diurnal and nocturnal hours, outer revolving brushed silver ring dial bearing the names of 24 global locations. Pink gold dauphine and ring hands. Cal. 240 / 228, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 33 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, shock absorber, self compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 22K gold micro-rotor.