Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 534

Retrograde Perpetual Calendar Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3410170, case No. 4337523, Ref. 5059J. Sold on August 19, 2006. Very fine and rare, Officier-style, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, retrograde date, and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted winding box, push pin, Certificate of Origin and booklets.

C. Four-body, solid, polished, hinged case back over transparent crystal to view the movement, rounded band and bezel, straight lugs with yellow gold screwed bars, sapphire crystals. D. White with painted radial Roman numerals, retrograde sector for the days of the month in the center, apertures for the days of the week at 9, the months at 3, the leap years at 12 and the moon phases, outermost minute and 1/5th seconds divisions. Black oxidized gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 315/236, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.