Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
PATEK PHILIPPE REF 5196 CALATRAVA PINK GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 5677741, case No. 4566254, Ref. 5196 R. Made circa 2008. Very fine and elegant, large, 18K pink gold wristwatch with an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted wooden box, Certificate of Origin, and booklets.
Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, snap-on case back, concave lugs, sapphire crystal, Calatrava winding crown. Brushed silver with applied pink gold faceted baton indexes, subsidiary seconds, outer engraved minute divisions. Pink gold dauphine hands. Cal. 215, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight- line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free- sprung flat balance spring.