Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 105

"White Gold Ref. 5059? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 1958130, case No. 4080828, Ref. 5059. Made in 2000, sold on August 29, 2001. Very fine and rare, "Officier-style", center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, retrograde date, 48-hour autonomy and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Patek Philippe winding box, setting pin, and Certificate of Origin.

USD 45,000 - 55,000

EUR 33,000 - 40,000

Sold: USD 64,900

C. Four-body, solid, polished, hinged case back over transparent crystal to view the movement, rounded band and bezel, straight lugs with 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, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 14 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 1

As new
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.