Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 110

White Gold 5135 - "Gondolo Annual Calendar" Patek Philippe, Genève, "Gondolo Calendario", No. 3424769, case No. 4356087, Ref. 5135 G. Sold on October 26, 2006. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, Art Deco-style, astronomic, center seconds, self-winding, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with annual calendar, moon phases, 24-hour indication and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin and box.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave and curved lugs, correctors on the band, transparent screwed-down case back, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloché two-tone silver with applied white gold Roman numerals and dart indexes on a plain reserve, apertures for the days of the week at 10, the date at 12, the months at 2 and the moon phases and 24-hour display at 6. White gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 324/205, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 34 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 38 x 51 mm. Thickness 12 mm.