Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 89

Patek Philippe - Ref. 5059 - Pink Gold Patek Philippe, Genève, ?Officer,? No. 1958288, case No. 4085456, Ref. 5059R. Made in circa 2000. Very fine and rare, Officer-style, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, retrograde date, and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted winding box, Certificate of Origin, setting pin and booklet.

c. Four-body, solid, polished, hinged case back over transparent crystal to view the movement, rounded band and bezel, straight lugs with pink gold screwed bars, sapphire crystals. D. White with painted radial Roman numerals, retrograde concentric sector for the days of the month, 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. 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 freesprung flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.