45,000 CHF
Patek Philippe Ref. 5205 - Sealed - The First Example at Auction Patek Philippe, Geneve, movement No. 5540697, case No. 4524795, Ref. 5205G. Sold on February 3rd, 2011. Very fine and rare, 18K white gold, center-seconds, self-winding water-resistant wristwatch with annual calendar, AM/PM indicator, moon phases and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Patek Philippe box, Certificate of Origin, setting pin and booklets. Two-body, polished, concave bezel, correctors in the band, concave lugs with fluted skeleton sides, transparent back, sapphire crystals. Two-tone, rhodium and ruthenium, applied black faceted baton indexes, outer engraved dot minute and seconds divisions, subsidiary AM/PM indicator ring with 24-hour numerals, apertures for the date, days of the week, months and the moon phases. Black dauphine hands. Cal. 324 SC, rhodium-plated with fausses cotes and oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 34 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronisms and 5 positions, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Notes This watch is the first example of the new reference 5205 to be offered at auction. The Ref. 5205 was launched at Basel World in 2010. The features of this model are the fluted pierced lugs and two-tone ruthenium and rhodium dial, the annual calendar allows the correct number of days to be shown each month a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-05-15
