Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 149

"Platinum Ref. 5059" Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1957910, case No. 4066625, Ref. 5059 P. Very fine and rare, "Officier-style", astronomic, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, retrograde date and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, setting pin and certificate.

USD 45,000 - 55,000

EUR 33,000 - 40,000

Sold: USD 77,880

C. Four-body, solid, polished, hinged case back over transparent crystal to view the movement, rounded band, rounded bezel, straight lugs with white gold screwed bars, sapphire crystals. D. White with painted radial Roman numerals, concentric, retrograde sector for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months, the leap year and the moon phases. Black oxydized gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 315/136, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Property of a West Coast Collector


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 5059 The perpetual calendar Ref. 5059 possesses an intriguing complication: a retrograde date display. The date is indicated by a hand progressing along a 240° arc located within the hour scale between 8 and 4 o'clock. Around midnight on the last day of each month, be it the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st, the hand automatically jumps back to the numeral 1. Production of this reference started in 2000.