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  • Manufacturer: Patek Philippe
    Year: 2013
    Reference No: 5235G-001
    Movement No: 5'612'307
    Case No: 4'546'661
    Material: 18k white gold
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 31-260 REG QA, 29 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Crocodile
    Dimensions: 40.5mm. Diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and buckle signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin confirming the date of sale on January 29th, 2014, product literature and original box

  • Catalogue Essay

    When Patek Philippe launched reference 5235G at Basel World in 2012 it was nothing less than a sensation. In fact, it has been nearly one century since the venerable Geneva manufacturer last made a watch featuring a regulator dial.

    Reference 5235G is most likely one of Patek Philippe’s most minimalistic and cleanest designs of the last few decades. Nevertheless, it still offers a substantial number of most practical indications, along with being fitted with an all-new movement. Besides the very smart regulator dial-layout with the hours and seconds placed on vertically aligned subsidiary dials and consequently allowing the minute hand to stand alone in the centre, it also features a complete annual calendar with apertures showing the week day, month and date.

    The satin-finished dial features a two-tone configuration and the Patek Philippe signature is delicately engraved into the dial plate on the right side of the centre.

    The present watch, still sealed and never worn since its sale in early 2014, represents a very rare opportunity as this reference is one of the most difficult to obtain and is “blessed” with one of the longest waiting lists of the firm’s production.

  • Artist Biography

    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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Ref. 5235G-001
A fine and rare white gold annual calendar wristwatch with regulator-style dial

2013
40.5mm. Diameter
Case, dial, movement and buckle signed

Estimate
CHF30,000 - 50,000 

Sold for CHF40,000

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Nathalie Monbaron
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Geneva Watch Auction: TWO

Geneva Auction 7 & 8 November 2015 6:30pm