Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 23, 2011

LOT 196

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5159 RETROGRADE PERPETUAL CALENDAR Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3720358, case No. 4444563, Ref. 5159J. Sold on October, 2008. Very fine, Officer-style, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, retrograde date, and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Patek Philippe box, certificate, and booklet.

C. Four-body, solid, polished, hinged case back over transparent crystal to view the movement, rounded band and bezel, straight lugs with gold screwed bars, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with painted radial Roman numerals, center with sunburst fi nish, concentric retrograde sector for the date, 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 with 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers. Oxidized gold double spade hands. M. Cal. 324/ 336, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 30 jewels, straightline lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating freesprung fl at balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm.