Patek Philippe - The New York Watch Auction: XI New York Saturday, December 7, 2024 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Patek Philippe
    Year: 2010
    Reference No: 5131J-001
    Movement No: 5’530’405
    Case No: 4’523’181
    Model Name: World Time
    Material: 18K yellow gold
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 240HU, 33 jewels, stamped with the Patek Philippe seal
    Bracelet/Strap: Crocodile
    Clasp/Buckle: 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp
    Dimensions: 40mm Diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and buckle signed.
    Accessories: Accompanied by Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated August 24, 2010, wooden presentation box, leather envelope, service box, product literature and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    With the advent of the industrial age came the means necessary to facilitate global trade and travel and, as a direct result, there was a need for timekeeping devices capable of tracking time in multiple locations. Between 1930 and 1931, Louis Cottier designed an ingenious, ultra-thin mechanism that simultaneously displayed the correct hours across the world's time zones through a rotating 24-hour ring, in addition to displaying the local. The design was simple yet elegant, and world time watches have become one of Patek Philippe’s most sought-after models.

    The reference 5131 was released in 2008, first in yellow gold like the present watch, followed by a white gold model in 2009, a pink gold model in 2014, and a platinum model in in 2017. A successor to the reference 5130 introduced in 2006, the new wristwatch featured upgrades including an impressive cloisonné enamel dial, the names of 24 world cities displayed on the outer ring, and “Patek Philippe and Geneva” engraved on the bezel. The cloisonné enamel dials demonstrate the quality and craftsmanship of Patek Philippe enamel work that the brand is known for. Yellow gold examples feature dials with the Americas, Europe and Africa, while the white gold watches show Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania, and the pink gold models realised with Asia, Oceania and the Americas.

    The present yellow gold example stands as a beautifully preserved example offered in what many consider to be the most classic metal choice. It is offered complete with its full set of original accessories, including the Certificate of Origin, leather folio, and presentation boxes.

    A similar example of the reference in white gold can be found in our sale at Lot XXX.

  • 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. 5131J-001
A very fine and attractive yellow gold world time automatic wristwatch with cloisonné enamel dial, Certificate of Origin, and presentation box

2010
40mm Diameter
Case, dial, movement and buckle signed.

Estimate
$50,000 - 100,000 
CHF44,000-87,900
€46,900-93,700
HK$389,000-777,000

Sold for $82,550

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The New York Watch Auction: XI

New York Auction 7 - 8 December 2024