Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 271

Platinum 5135 - "Gondolo Annual Calendar" Patek Philippe, Genève, "Gondolo Calendario", No. 3425039, case No. 4365558, Ref. 5135 P. Made in 2006. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, Art Deco-style, astronomic, center seconds, self-winding, diamond-set platinum 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, box and setting pin.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave and curved lugs, correctors on the band, transparent screwed-down case back, Top Wesselton diamond set between the lugs at 6, sapphire crystals. D. Bicolor guilloché anthracite and silver with applied white gold dart indexes, the 3 & 9 set with diamonds, 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, rhodiumplated, "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. Property of a East Coast Collector