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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE, SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX
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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE, SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 5059, MOVEMENT NO. 3'236'509, CASE NO. 4'254'139, MANUFACTURED IN 2004

Closed30 May 2012

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HKD 400,000

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE, SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 5059, MOVEMENT NO. 3'236'509, CASE NO. 4'254'139, MANUFACTURED IN 2004
Cal. 315 S QR automatic lever movement stamped with the Geneva seal, 31 jewels, glazed dust cover, porcelain-white dial, Roman numerals, sweep centre seconds, arched sector for the retrograde date, three windows for leap year, day and month, aperture for moon phases, circular case with hinged back, extended screwed lugs, 18k gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp, case, dial and movement signed
36 mm. diam.

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US$32,000-52,000

With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated April 2004, sales tag, instruction manual, product literature, gold and wooden setting pin, leather envelope, fitted slip case, presentation box with winding mechanism and outer packaging. Furthermore delivered with the Extract from the Archives confirming production of this watch in 2004 and its subsequent sale on 7 May 2004.

Reference 5059 was introduced in 1998 and was replaced by reference 5159 in 2006. The model possesses the intriguing complication of a perpetual calendar mechanism with retrograde date hand, and is one of the very few perpetual calendar wristwatches with sweep centre seconds. Furthermore, it displays another of Patek Philippe's celebrated traditions - the Officer-style case, featuring a hinged dust cover that protects the sapphire crystal display back.