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Patek Philippe

Ref. 5146J-001

An attractive and rare yellow gold annual calendar wristwatch with center seconds, moon phases, date, power reserve indicator, Certificate of Origin, and presentation box

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Released in 2005, the reference 5146 was Patek Philippe’s second annual calendar wristwatch, following the groundbreaking 5035 from 1996. It was first offered in yellow and white gold, with a platinum version introduced in 2006 and in 2008 a pink gold model.

When first introduced, the annual calendar was marketed as a “useful” complication, being both practical and affordable. The annual calendar mechanism sits between simple calendar watches that require adjustment five times a year, and perpetual calendar timepieces that need no adjustment as long as they are kept wound. The annual calendar needs adjustment once a year between February 28th or 29th and March 1st.

Dating to 2005, this yellow gold example is fresh-to-the-market and retains its full suite of accessories.

Patek Philippe

Swiss | 1839

Since 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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