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Lot Essay
To the best of our knowledge this watch has never before been offered in public. It is furthermore preserved in very good overall condition.
The movement number 1’957’996 shows that it is an example from the first series of reference 5059 which have movement numbers between 1'957'XXX and 1'958'XXX
Reference 5059, introduced into the market in 1998, possesses an intriguing complication: a retrograde date display. The date is indicated by a hand progressing along a 240 arc located within the hour scale between 8 and 4 o'clock. Around midnight on the last day of each month, be it the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st, the hand automatically jumps back to the numeral 1.
Reference 5059 was discontinued in 2006 and replaced by reference 5159.
The movement number 1’957’996 shows that it is an example from the first series of reference 5059 which have movement numbers between 1'957'XXX and 1'958'XXX
Reference 5059, introduced into the market in 1998, possesses an intriguing complication: a retrograde date display. The date is indicated by a hand progressing along a 240 arc located within the hour scale between 8 and 4 o'clock. Around midnight on the last day of each month, be it the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st, the hand automatically jumps back to the numeral 1.
Reference 5059 was discontinued in 2006 and replaced by reference 5159.