Patek Philippe. A fine and rare platinum automatic calendar wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, 24 hour indication, original certificate and box

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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare platinum automatic calendar wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, 24 hour indication, original certificate and box

Signed Patek Philippe, Genève, ref. 5035, movement no. 3'055'914, case no. 4'009'354, manufactured in 1996

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Patek Philippe. A fine and rare platinum automatic calendar wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, 24 hour indication, original certificate and box
Signed Patek Philippe, Genève, ref. 5035, movement no. 3'055'914, case no. 4'009'354, manufactured in 1996
MOVEMENT: automatic, cal. 315/198, Geneva seal, 35 jewels
DIAL: black semi-gloss, applied luminous Roman numerals, outer minute railway divisions, three subsidiary dials for day, month and 24 hour indication, window for date at 6, sweep centre seconds
CASE: platinum, sapphire display screw back, 37 mm. diam.
SIGNED: case, dial and movement
CLASP: platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp
ACCOMPANIED BY: Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin stamped by the Swiss retailer Kirchhofer AG and dated 1 May 1997, gold and wooden setting pin, product literature, original fitted wooden presentation box and outer packaging. The Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirms production of the present watch with semi-glossy black dial, Roman numerals in bassine style, English version and superluminova in 1996 and its subsequent sale on 5 March 1997

Special notice

Many of the watches offered for sale in this catalogue are pictured with straps made of endangered or protected animal materials such as alligator or crocodile. These endangered species straps are shown for display purposes only and are not for sale. Christie’s will remove and retain the strap prior to shipment from the sale site. At some sale sites, Christie’s may, at its discretion, make the displayed endangered species strap available to the buyer of the lot free of charge if collected in person from the sale site within 1 year of the date of the sale. Please check with the department for details on a particular lot.

Lot Essay

Consigned by its original owner the present watch has never been offered in public before and is preserved in very good overall condition.

Reference 5035
Reference 5035 was the first wristwatch ever to be fitted with an annual calendar. The model was in production from 1996 to 2005.

The model is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 323.

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