Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Jun 12, 2012

LOT 262

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5396 ANNUAL CALENDAR WHITE GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 5579640, case No. 4510692, Ref. 5396 G. Sold June 21st, 2011. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, 18K white gold wristwatch with annual calendar, moon phases, 24 hour display and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted wooden box, push pin, Certificate of Origin and booklets.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, wide bezel, concave lugs, transparent snap-on case back, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied white gold baton indexes, outer engraved dot minute/seconds track, subsidiary dial for the 24 hours, apertures for the date, the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. White gold dauphine 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 fl at balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 11 mm.