Patek Philippe - The New York Watch Auction: XI New York Saturday, December 7, 2024 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Patek Philippe
    Year: Circa 2017
    Reference No: 5159R-001
    Movement No: 5’887’919
    Case No: 6’010’433
    Material: 18K pink gold
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 324 S OR, 30 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Crocodile
    Clasp/Buckle: 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp
    Dimensions: 38mm Diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and clasp signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by a Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated April 14th, 2017, International guarantee card, fitted wooden presentation box, Patek Philippe hang tag, leather envelope, product literature and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    The perpetual calendar has proven itself as the anchor of Patek Philippe’s line of grand complications since the first half of the twentieth century. The earliest serially produced references - the 1526 and 2497 – are among the most respected and lauded perpetual calendars to be manufactured by any watchmaking brand. After the advent of the reference 3448 in 1961, the first self-winding perpetual calendar from Patek Philippe, the manufacture consistently released automatic perpetual calendars in a variety of case shapes. In 1999, Patek Philippe launched the reference 5059, its first perpetual calendar housed within an “Officer’s” case with a hinged case back.

    Replacing the reference 5059, the 5159 was released in 2007, with a 2mm increase in diameter and a dial featuring a hand-guilloché center. The pink gold version was in production from 2010 to 2019. The Roman numerals were updated as well, becoming more elongated, similar to the engraved reference 5160. The most striking element is of course the retrograde date indication. At the end of each month, the date hand automatically flies back to its original starting point – a very difficult function to reliably implement in watchmaking.

    Fresh to the market, this reference 5159 from 2017 is offered complete with its original accessories and is a chance to own a modern classic with all the refinements of early-twentieth century design encasing the finest mechanics of the modern era.

  • 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. 5159R-001
A fine and attractive pink gold perpetual calendar wristwatch with retrograde date, moon phase, Certificate of Origin, hang tag and presentation box

Circa 2017
38mm Diameter
Case, dial, movement and clasp signed

Estimate
$25,000 - 50,000 
CHF22,000-44,000
€23,400-46,900
HK$194,000-389,000

Sold for $50,800

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The New York Watch Auction: XI

New York Auction 7 - 8 December 2024