Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 09, 2009

LOT 159

Patek Philippe Ref. 5059 Platinum Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 32356321, case No. 4147467, Ref. 5059P. Made in 2002. Very fine and rare, Officier-style, center seconds, selfwinding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, retrograde date, and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted winding-box, Certificate of Origin, setting pin and booklets.

C. Four-body, solid, polished, hinged case back over transparent crystal to view the movement, rounded band and bezel, straight lugs with platinum 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. 315/136, 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, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.