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Patek Philippe
Ref. 5230R-001
World Time
A fine and attractive pink gold world-time wristwatch with guilloche dial and presentation box
Full-Cataloguing
- Early example with “Hong Kong” on the outer city ring
- Refined 38.5mm case design from its predecessors
Introduced in 2016, the Patek Philippe Reference 5230 is a modern interpretation of the iconic World Time watches that the brand launched in the 1930s, which have since become highly sought-after collectibles in the vintage Patek Philippe market.
This particular timepiece features a patented pusher at 10 o'clock that allows for effortless adjustment of the home time zone displayed at 12 o'clock, marrying innovation with tradition. Powered by the slim and elegant calibre 240 HU, it showcases the time across 24 time zones, with an exquisitely crafted inner ring that indicates night and day through sun and moon symbols.
While Patek Philippe also offers world time models with cloisonné enamel maps on their dials, this piece in pink gold exudes an understated beauty and timeless elegance with its grey guilloché dial. Furthermore, being one of the last modern world-time models to feature “Hong Kong” on the outer world ring adds to this example's desirability among collectors for years to come.
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.