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Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 254

?Gübelin - Calatrava Travel Time? Patek Philippe, Genève, "Calatrava Travel Time", Ref. 5134G-010. Made in a limited edition of only 45 examples in 2004 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the collaboration between Gübelin and Patek Philippe. Very fine and rare, two-time zone, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with two pushbuttons and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, transparent case back with commemorative inscription: ?Gübelin - 1854-2004?, sapphire crystals. The crown at 3 is for time-setting and winding, the push button at 8 advances the local time hour hand forward in 1-hour increments, the one at 10 moves the same hour hand 1 hour backward. D. Two-tone blue with applied and faceted white gold bâton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds at 6 and the 24-hours of the second time zone at 12. White gold ?bâton? hands, matte hand for the second time-zone. M. Cal. 215/156, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed, dial and case also signed for Gübelin. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 10 mm.