Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 709

Pink Gold, Ref. 5396R Patek Philippe, Genève, ?Calatrava?, movement No. 3637928, case No. 4408034, Ref. 5396R. Sold on May 18th , 2007. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, 18K pink goldwristwatchwith annual calendar,moon phases, 24 hour and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, push pin, Certificate of Origin and booklet.

CHF 28,000 - 33,000

USD 26,000 - 30,000 / EUR 18,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 30,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished, wide bezel, concave lugs, transparent snap-on case back, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone silver with blue-painted sector divisions, subsidiary dial for the 24 hours, apertures for the date, the days of the week, the months and the moon phases, outer minute track with Arabic numerals. Blued steel feuille hands. M. Cal. 324/303, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 34 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, 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. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 11 mm.


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Grade: AAA

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Case: 1

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Dial: 1-01

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Production of the Ref. 5396R started in 2006. Ref. 5396 draws its case design from Ref. 96, the ?Calatrava?, and its dial inspiration from a historic 1930s model, it features a new layout of the Annual Calendar displays. The annual calendar system has long been a successful complication for the firm. On March 1, 1996, Patek Philippe obtained Swiss Patent No. 685585 G for a new date mechanism: an annual calendar for a wristwatch with automatic winding. This mechanism is programmed to take into account the varying lengths of each month from March 1 to the following February. Initially implemented in Ref. 5035?s calibre 315/198, it was the first automatic wristwatch in which the date had to be adjusted only once a year. The new calibre 324/303 was redesigned to eliminate several levers; it features unidirectional winding and Patek Philippe?s time-tested ?Gyromax? balance.