PATEK PHILIPPE. A PLATINUM AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, RETROGRADE DATE, MOON PHASES AND LEAP YEAR INDICATION

Part of an Important Private Collection since 2013, the present platinum reference 5059P is sold with its full set of accessories including the original Certificate of Origin and also an Extract from the Archives. This lovely full set specimen presents a significant opportunity for any discerning collector to acquire one of the most intriguing and hard to find of early 21st century high-complication Patek Philippe timepieces.

Reference 5059
Introduced in 1998 and discontinued in 2006, it was the first serially produced perpetual calendar wristwatch with retrograde date to be made by Patek Philippe. It was also the first model since the legendary reference 2497 and 2438-1 to have a sweep centre seconds on a perpetual calendar watch. The model is distinctive for its ‘officier’ style case with elongated lugs with screwed bars and hinged back and display cuvette. The movement is the automatic caliber 315 with 21K gold rotor, the fascinating retrograde date function is part of the perpetual calendar mechanism whereby at the end of each month the date hand instantly ‘flies’ back to 1.