969Σ
Patek Philippe
Ref. 5050
A fine and rare platinum perpetual calendar wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, retrograde date, moon phases, leap year indicator and original certificate
- Estimate
- HK$400,000 - 640,000€48,200 - 77,100$50,000 - 80,000
HK$525,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Patek Philippe
- Year
- 1994
- Reference No
- 5050
- Movement No
- 1'957'182
- Case No
- 2'961'858
- Material
- Platinum
- Calibre
- Automatic, 315/136, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Black <em>Patek Philippe </em>crocodile leather strap
- Clasp/Buckle
- Platinum <em>Patek Philippe </em>buckle
- Dimensions
- 35 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Patek Philippe</em> Certificate of Origin dated August 1994, setting pin, product literature and leather wallet. Furthermore delivered with <em>Patek Philippe</em> Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1994 and its subsequent sale on 18 August 1994.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Launched at Basel in 1993, reference 5050 was Patek Philippe's first perpetual calendar wristwatch to be fitted with a retrograde date function that was produced in a series. The present watch is a later example and is fitted with applied baton numerals and pearled minute track.
Patek Philippe
Swiss | 1839Since its founding in 1839, this famous Geneva-based firm has been surprising its clientele with superbly crafted timepieces fitted with watchmaking's most prestigious complications. Traditional and conservative designs are found across Patek Philippe's watches made throughout their history — the utmost in understated elegance.Well-known for the Graves Supercomplication — a highly complicated pocket watch that was the world’s most complicated watch for 50 years — this family-owned brand has earned a reputation of excellence around the world. Patek's complicated vintage watches hold the highest number of world records for results achieved at auction compared with any other brand. For collectors, key models include the reference 1518, the world's first serially produced perpetual calendar chronograph, and its successor, the reference 2499. Other famous models include perpetual calendars such as the ref. 1526, ref. 3448 and 3450, chronographs such as the reference 130, 530 and 1463, as well as reference 1436 and 1563 split seconds chronographs. Patek is also well-known for their classically styled, time-only "Calatrava" dress watches, and the "Nautilus," an iconic luxury sports watch first introduced in 1976 as the reference 3700 that is still in production today.
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