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Lot 34
PATEK PHILIPPE. A RARE PLATINUM AUTOMATIC PERPTUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, RETROGRADE DATE, MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION, CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN AND BOX
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 5059, MANUFACTURED IN 2004
Closed10 May 2021
Price Realised
CHF 40,000
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Specialist note
This endangered species strap is shown for display purposes only and is not for sale. The watch will be supplied with a calf leather strap.
Offered in excellent overall condition, the present platinum reference 5059 is a model that is only found infrequently at auction and is becoming regarded as Patek Philippe classic. Reference 5059 was launched in 1998 and discontinued in 2006, it is believed that only 300 pieces in platinum were produced from which 46 are known from the market.
Reference 5059 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.
Offered in excellent overall condition, the present platinum reference 5059 is a model that is only found infrequently at auction and is becoming regarded as Patek Philippe classic. Reference 5059 was launched in 1998 and discontinued in 2006, it is believed that only 300 pieces in platinum were produced from which 46 are known from the market.
Reference 5059 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.