$25,300
"Quantième Annuel" Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3288284, case No. 4249777, Ref. 5056P. Made circa 2000. Very fine and rare, astronomic, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum and diamond gentleman's wristwatch with annual calendar, powerreserve, moon phases and a Patek Philippe platinum buckle. Accompanied by a certificate. Two-body, stepped bezel, case band set at 6 with a Top Wesselton diamond, screwed-down transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Anthracite with applied luminous radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the days of the week and the month, sector for the up-and-down indication below 12, apertures for the date at 6 and the moon phases. Luminous white gold “feuille” hands. Cal. 315/199, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Notes Ref. 5056 Better known as the "Quantième Annuel" or Annual Calendar. This model was launched by Patek Philippe in 1996. It features a calendar with an ingenious patented mechanism that requires adjusting only once per year, on the 1st March and then operates for one year without adjustment, automatically jumping from the 30th to the 1st in months that have 30 days.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-09-28
