Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 524

Ref. 5159 Retrograde Perpetual Calendar Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3410023, case No. 4447440, Ref. 5159G. Made in 2008, sold in April 2008. Very fine Officer-style, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, retrograde date, and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted winding box, push pin and Certificate of Origin.

C. Four-body, solid, polished, hinged case back over transparent crystal to view the movement, rounded band and bezel, straight lugs with yellow gold screwed bars, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with painted radial Roman numerals, center with sunburst finish, concentric retrograde sector for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week at 9, the months at 3, the leap years at 12 and the moon phases, outermost minute and 1/5th seconds divisions. Blackened gold double spade hands. M. Cal. 315/ 136, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm.