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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE, LEAP YEAR INDICATOR, MOON PHASES, ADDITIONAL CASE BACK, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX
Lot 81 The property of an important Indian collector

PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE, LEAP YEAR INDICATOR, MOON PHASES, ADDITIONAL CASE BACK, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENÈVE, AUTOMATIC, REF. 5050J, MOVEMENT 1’957’152, CASE NO. 2’961’737, MANUFACTURED IN 1994

Closed22 March 2019

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PATEK PHILIPPE. A FINE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE, LEAP YEAR INDICATOR, MOON PHASES, ADDITIONAL CASE BACK, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX

SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENÈVE, AUTOMATIC, REF. 5050J, MOVEMENT 1’957’152, CASE NO. 2’961’737, MANUFACTURED IN 1994
Movement: Automatic, stamped with the Geneva seal, Cal. 315 S, 31 jewels, signed
Dial: Silvered, applied gold baton numerals, sweep centre seconds, central date hand, arched retrograde calendar sector with Arabic numerals, three windows for year indicator, day and month in Spanish, aperture for moon phases, signed
Case: Exhibition case back, 35. mm. diam., signed
With: 18k yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle, additional case back, Certificate of Authenticity, Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1994 and its subsequent sale on August 25th, 1994, presentation box

Specialist note

Consigned by an important Indian collector, the present timepiece is a very fine and well preserved example.

Reference 5050
Reference 5050, Patek Philippe's first perpetual calendar wristwatch featuring a retrograde date made in series, was introduced at the Basel Fair in 1993, cased in yellow gold only. As of 1995, it was also available in pink gold, white gold and platinum but still exclusively with the silvered dial, applied Roman numerals, aperture for the moon phases, the very first examples with outer railway minute divisions. Following substantial demand from clients, Patek Philippe introduced a second version featuring applied baton indexes, a modified moon phases display now in form of a circular subsidiary dial, outer beady minute divisions and the addition of the designation "Automatic". Discontinued in 2002, reference 5050 is today a highly sought after collector's watch, a modern classic enjoying popularity both amongst scholars and aficionados for day to day wear.

Reference 5050 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 296.