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Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 127

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève,No. 1957862, case No. 4057916,Ref. 5059. Produced circa 2000.Very fine, astronomic, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with per-petual calendar, moon phases, retrograde date, 48 hours autonomy, an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp and black. With electrically driven leather-covered fitted box for winding the watch and an original certificate.

C. three-body, solid, polished, hinged case back, sapphire crystal, rounded band, pyramidal bezel, straight lugs, white gold screwed bars. D. white with painted radial Roman numerals, concentric, retrograde sector for the days of the month, outer 1/5th second scale, apertures for the days of the week, the months, the leap year and the moon phases. "Feuille" steel hands. M. Cal. 315/136 SQR aut., stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 31 jewels, straght line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for 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.