Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

New York, Grand Havana Room, Mar 19, 2003

LOT 59

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, "Travel Time", Ref. 5034. Produced circa 2000.Fine and unusual, two timezone, water-resistant, 44-hour autonomy, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with two push buttons and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C .two-body, solid, polished, ribbed flat bezel, straight lugs, the crown at 3 is for time-setting and winding of both time zones, the pusher on the 8 advances the local time hour hand forward by one hour at the time, the second pusher on the 10 moves the same hand backward. D. white with painted Breguet numerals, auxiliary dials for the seconds at 6, and in 24 hours for the second time zone under the 12. "Feuille" burnished steel hands. M. Cal. 215 PS, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark,rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm.