Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2009

LOT 194

Retrograde Perpetual Calendar, Yellow Gold Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3236095, case No. 4218110, Ref. 5059J. Made in 2003, Sold on November 4, 2003. 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 the Extract from the Archives and a Patek Philippe box.

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 black 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. 315/136, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes 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, gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.