$28,320
“Calatrava - Travel Time, ref. 5134P” Patek Philippe, Genève, "Calatrava - Travel Time", No. 3084449, case No. 4249390, Ref. 5134P. Sold on August 9, 2005. Very fine and rare, two-time-zone, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with 2 pushbuttons and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, transparent case back, case band set with a Top Wesselton diamond, sapphire crystals. The crown at 3 is for time-setting and winding, the push button at 8 advances the local time hour hand forward in 1-hour increments, the one at 10 moves the same hour hand 1 hour backward. Two-tone silver with applied white gold baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds at 6 and the 24 hours of the second time zone at 12. White gold baton hands, “skeleton” hand for the second time-zone. Cal. 215/156, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Property of a West Coast Collector Notes Ref. 5134 is a very practical travel companion, which allows changing the time for a second time-zone at the push of 2 buttons, so gracefully designed into the case. To enhance its functionality, Patek Philippe optimized Ref. 5134 with a patented “dynamometric” winding crown, e
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-06-14
