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Patek Philippe. A Fine 18k Pink Gold Automatic Perpetual Calendar Wristwatch with Retrograde Date, Center Seconds and Moon Phases
Lot 88

Patek Philippe. A Fine 18k Pink Gold Automatic Perpetual Calendar Wristwatch with Retrograde Date, Center Seconds and Moon Phases

Signed Patek Philippe, Genève, Ref. 5059R, Movement No. 3'236'798, Case No. 4'292'556 Manufactured in 2005

Closed21 June 2017

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USD 35,000

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Patek Philippe. A Fine 18k Pink Gold Automatic Perpetual Calendar Wristwatch with Retrograde Date, Center Seconds and Moon Phases
Signed Patek Philippe, Genève, Ref. 5059R, Movement No. 3'236'798, Case No. 4'292'556 Manufactured in 2005
Movement: Automatic, Cal. 315 S-QR, 31 jewels
Dial: White, Roman numerals, three windows for date and leap year
Case: 18k pink gold, hinged case back, 36mm diam.
Buckle: Patek Philippe 18k pink gold deployant clasp
Accompanied By: Setting pin, A Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming date of sale on April 18, 2005, a Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated June 23, 2005, product literature, a Patek Philippe leather envelope and a Patek Philippe winding box with outer packaging

Specialist note

Reference 5059, introduced into the market 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 the numeral 1.

Reference 5059 was discontinued in 2006 and replaced by reference 5159. To the best of our knowledge the present watch has never before been offered in public. For an example in white gold please see Lot 89 in this sale.