16,675 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 3058813, case No. 4031345, Ref. 5035J-001, sold on November 1997. Production of this reference started in 1996.Very fine and unusual center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with annual calendar, 48 hours autonomy and an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. two-body, solid, polished, transparent screwed-down case back, concave bezel. white porcelain with applied yellow gold tritium-coated radial Roman numerals, auxiliary dials for the days of the week, the 24 hours, the months, aperture for the days of the month. "Feuille" tritium-coated yellow gold hands. Cal. 315/198, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 35 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat blance-spring, 21K gold rotor.Dial and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Notes On March 1, 1996, Patek Philippe obtained Swiss Patent No. 685585 G for a completely new date mechanism: an annual calendar for a wristwatch with automatic winding. This ingenious mechanism is programmed to take into account the varying lengths of each month from March 1 to the end of February of the following year. This is the first automatic wristwatch in which the calendar needs to be adjusted only once a year.A similar watch is published in "Patek Philippe Genève, Wristwatches", by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, 1998 Edition, p. 1
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-10-13
