Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 138

?Yellow Gold Ref. 5035? Patek Philippe, Genève, "Annual Calendar", No. 3059932, Ref. 5035. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with semi-instantaneous annual calendar mechanism and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down transparent case back, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold and luminous Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the month, the days of the week and the 24-hours, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 315/198, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 35 jewels, straightline lever escapement, Glucydur Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 11 mm.