Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 111

Pink Gold 5135, "Gondolo Annual Calendar" Patek Philippe, Genève, "Gondolo Calendario", No. 3425122, case No. 4378827, Ref. 5135 R. Sold on October 3, 2006. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, Art Deco-style, astronomic, center seconds, self-winding, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with annual calendar, moon phases, 24- hour indication and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin, box and a setting pin.

USD 20,000 - 25,000

EUR 15,000 - 20,000

Sold: USD 25,960

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave and curved lugs, correctors on the band, transparent screweddown case back, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloché two-tone silver with applied pink 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. Pink gold "dauphine" hands. 111 Patek Philippe 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.


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Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 1

As new

Movement: 1

As new

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

The subsidiary dials also incorporate a remarkably accurate moon phase display. It deviates from the true lunar orbit by only one single day every 122 years. Ref. 5135G Production of this reference started in April 2004.