Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2015

LOT 95

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5159 RETROGRADE PERPETUAL CALENDAR WHITE GOLD Patek Philippe, Geneve, Retrograde Perpetual Calendar, movement No. 3720487, case No. 4458070, Ref. 5159G. Sold on April 21st, 2009. Very fine, Officer-style, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, retrograde date, and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the original winding box with world voltage adaptor kit, Certificate of Origin, push pin, pouch, booklets

Four-body, solid, polished, hinged case back over sapphire crystal to view the movement, rounded band and bezel, straight lugs with gold screwed bars, sapphire crystal. Silvered sun-burst with painted radial Roman numerals, concentric retrograde sector for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week at 9, the months at 3, the leap year indication at 12 and the moon phases, outer 1/5th seconds track. Oxidized gold double spade hands. Cal. 324 S-QR, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, straightline lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung fl at balance spring, 21K gold rotor.