Patek Philippe - The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XV Hong Kong Monday, November 28, 2022 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Patek Philippe
    Year: Circa 2017
    Reference No: 5650G-001
    Movement No: 7’096’727
    Case No: 6’215’505
    Model Name: Advanced Research Aquanaut Travel Time
    Material: 18K white gold
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 324 S C FUS, 29 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Rubber
    Clasp/Buckle: 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp
    Dimensions: 40.8mm diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and clasp signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin stamped Brinkhaus Jewellers Vancouver dated 27th October 2017, instruction manual, product literature, hang tag, photograph, USB, service slipcase, leather folio, outer packaging and fitted presentation box.

  • Catalogue Essay

    In the early 2000s, Patek Philippe made their plans to create an entirely new and innovative department to contribute to the research and development of horology. This was the beginning of the Advanced Research department. Working with the CSEM research lab and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, researchers looked for new ways to bring horology into the 21st century. This new collaboration looked at “new materials”, “new manufacturing technologies” and a “new conceptual fundamental”. Out of this came Silinvar®, a patented mono-crystal silicon. This material was unaffected by temperature change and was very lightweight, and required no lubrication and was corrosion resistant.

    Patek Philippe’s first watch to use this new material was the reference 5250 Annual Calendar Advanced Research with Silinvar® escape wheel limited to 100 pieces launched in 2005. In the following year, the firm released the ref. 5350 Annual Calendar featuring a balance spring made of Silinvar® and was limited to 300 pieces. In 2008, the ref. 5450 Annual Calendar was released this time featuring a Pulsomax® escapement also limited to 300 pieces. Three years later, the first Advanced Research perpetual calendar ref. 5550 was introduced presenting the Oscillomax® ensemble limited to 300 pieces.

    The latest innovation and release bring the Advanced Research Aquanaut Travel Time ref. 5650G-001 in 2017. A limited edition of 500 pieces, the ref. 5650G complied all the innovations in one. With an additional two new features, the cal. 324 S C FUS is upgraded with the firm’s first Spiromax® balance spring made of Silinvar® and optimized with an inner boss, improving the isochronism of the balance in the vertical orientations of the watch. The result of the innovation is a -1/+2 seconds a day accuracy, similar to the standards of tourbillon wristwatches by the firm. The second innovation is specific to the reference as it features a time zone setting device cased on flexible mechanisms which is visible on the 9 o’clock position of the dial showcasing the four crossed leaf springs with chamfered edges.

    Becoming one of the most important and hottest Patek Philippe sports wristwatch in the market in recent times, the present example fresh-to-the-market ref. 5650G-001 is offered in service sealed condition and complete with its full set of accessories consigned by an important Canadian collector.

  • 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. 5650G-001
A very rare and impressive limited edition white gold semi-skeletonized dual-time wristwatch with center seconds, date, day and night indication, Certificate of Origin and presentation box, one of a limited edition of 500 pieces

Circa 2017
40.8mm diameter
Case, dial, movement and clasp signed

Estimate
HK$1,560,000 - 3,120,000 
€186,000-371,000
$200,000-400,000

Sold for HK$3,780,000

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XV

28 - 29 November 2022 (Online Registration ends 27 Nov, 2pm HKT)