Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5196 CALATRAVA PLATINUM Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 5606546, case No. 4545667, Ref. 5196P. Made circa 2008. Very fine and elegant, platinum and diamond wristwatch with a platinum Patek Philippe buckle.
Two-body, polished and brushed, snap-on case back, concave lugs, set with a Top Wesselton diamond between the lugs at 6, sapphire crystal. Two-tone silver with applied white gold Breguet numerals on a plain reserve, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary guilloche seconds dial. White gold feuille 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.