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Patek Philippe. A Fine Platinum Automatic Perpetual Calendar Wristwatch with Retrograde Date, Center Seconds and Moon Phases
Patek Philippe. A Fine Platinum Automatic Perpetual Calendar Wristwatch with Retrograde Date, Center Seconds and Moon Phases
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Patek Philippe. A Fine Platinum Automatic Perpetual Calendar Wristwatch with Retrograde Date, Center Seconds and Moon Phases

Signed Patek Philippe, Genève, Ref. 5059P, Movement No. 1'657'480, Case No. 4'047'997, Manufactured in 1999

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Patek Philippe. A Fine Platinum Automatic Perpetual Calendar Wristwatch with Retrograde Date, Center Seconds and Moon Phases
Signed Patek Philippe, Genève, Ref. 5059P, Movement No. 1'657'480, Case No. 4'047'997, Manufactured in 1999
Movement: Automatic, Cal. 315 S-QR, 31 jewels
Dial: White, Roman numerals, three windows for date and leap year, center seconds, moonphases
Case: Platinum, hinged case back, 36mm diam.
Buckle: Patek Philippe platinum deployant clasp
Accompanied By: A Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming date of sale on March 3, 1999, a Patek Philippe presentation box and outer packaging
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Lot Essay

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.

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