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Lot 66 THE PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ITALIAN COLLECTOR
Patek Philippe. A fine and rare 18K white gold automatic perpetual calendar wristwatch with retrograde date, sweep centre seconds, moon phases, original certificate and box
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 5059, MOVEMENT NO. 3'236'344, CASE NO. 4'280'828, MANUFACTURED IN 2005
Closed9 November 2015
Price Realised
CHF 36,250
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With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin stamped from Orologeria Luigi Verga Spa and dated May 2005 and Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 18K white gold with white dial and black Roman numerals in 2005 and its subsequent sale on 16 March 2005.
Furthermore delivered with an 18K white gold and wooden setting pin, original fitted burgundy presentation box with winding facility, outer packaging and product literature.
Reference 5059, introduced in 1998, possesses an intriguing complication: a retrograde date display. The date is indicated by a hand progressing along a 240 arc located within the hour scale between 8 and 4 o'clock. Around midnight on the last day of each month, be it the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st, the hand automatically jumps back to 1. Reference 5059 was discontinued in 2006 and replaced by reference 5159.
Furthermore delivered with an 18K white gold and wooden setting pin, original fitted burgundy presentation box with winding facility, outer packaging and product literature.
Reference 5059, introduced in 1998, possesses an intriguing complication: a retrograde date display. The date is indicated by a hand progressing along a 240 arc located within the hour scale between 8 and 4 o'clock. Around midnight on the last day of each month, be it the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st, the hand automatically jumps back to 1. Reference 5059 was discontinued in 2006 and replaced by reference 5159.