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Patek Philippe. A very fine and rare 18K white gold annual calendar limited edition automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, 24 hours indication, moon phases, original certificate, second case back and box, made for the 125th anniversary for Wempe
Lot 151 PATEK PHILIPPE
Ref. 5125G made for Wempe


The Property of an Important Private European Collector

Patek Philippe. A very fine and rare 18K white gold annual calendar limited edition automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, 24 hours indication, moon phases, original certificate, second case back and box, made for the 125th anniversary for Wempe

Signed Patek Philippe, Genève, made for and retailed by Wempe, ref. 5125, W125, movement no. 3’360’289, case no. 4’213’404, made in 2003

Closed15 May 2017

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CHF 50,000

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Patek Philippe. A very fine and rare 18K white gold annual calendar limited edition automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, 24 hours indication, moon phases, original certificate, second case back and box, made for the 125th anniversary for Wempe
Signed Patek Philippe, Genève, made for and retailed by Wempe, ref. 5125, W125, movement no. 3’360’289, case no. 4’213’404, made in 2003
Movement: automatic, cal. 315/203, 30 jewels
Dial: silvered white, applied baton numerals, calendar in German
Case: screw back engraved with commemorative inscription "Patek Philippe 125 Jahre Wempe"
Signed: case, dial and movement
Dimensions: 37 mm. diam.
With: 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp, Certificate of Origin marked W125 and dated 1 August 2003, spare glazed display screw back and setting pin, W125 literature with commemorative medal, original fitted presentation box with outer packaging stamped W125. Further delivered with the Extract from the Archives confirming the manufacture of the present watch in 2003 with opaline silvered dial, white gold sword-shaped indexes and its subsequent sale on 3 July 2003.

Specialist note

Consigned by a private collector and fresh to the market the present reference 5125 is preserved in excellent overall condition, still retaining the full set of accessories.

Reference 5125
Made in 2003 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Hamburg-based retailer Wempe and their excellent relationship with Patek Philippe, reference 5125 was made in extremely limited numbers: 125 pieces for each gold colour, and 100 pieces for the platinum version. It was available with either English calendar or, like the present version, German calendar. So far, only little more than 20 white gold examples have appeared on the public market.