Lot 253
  • 253

A VERY FINE AND RARE LIMITED EDITION WHITE GOLD TWO TIME ZONE WRISTWATCH WITH EXCEPTIONAL BLUE DIAL, Patek Philippe & Co., Genève, 'CALATRAVA TRAVEL TIME', RETAILED BY GUBELIN, NO. 3087158, REF. 5134, CIRCA 2004

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Description

  • Patek Philippe & Co., Genève
  • diameter 37mm. (41mm. including push-buttons, protective crown shoulders)
18k, rhodium plated lever movement stamped with the seal of Geneva,18 jewels, gyromax balance, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, two-tone blue dial with applied white gold faceted baton numerals, lower subsidiary guilloche dial for small seconds, upper guilloche dial for the second time zone in 24- hour format with silver matte central indication hand which can be adjusted by two push buttons in the band, applied white gold baton hands, polished circular case with protective crown shoulders, water-resistant type screw-down sapphire crystal case back where the Gubelin logo and 'the Gubelin 1854-2004' inscription are printed, case, dial movement signed, dial further signed Gubelin, with an 18k white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp.

Catalogue Note

The Reference 5134

Patek Philippe produced the reference 5134 in the year of 2004 to celebrate the 150 anniversary of the exceptional relationship between Patek Philippe and Gubelin, a famed retailer in Switzerland. There exists only in limited edition of 180 pieces: 50 watches in yellow gold, 45 watches in white gold, 45 watches in rose gold and 40 watches in platinum.

The two independent hour hands equipped in the reference 5134 show the user the time in two different zones at one glance while travelling. Using two separate push buttons, the local time hour hand can be adjusted in one-hour increments without affecting the home time. When the dual time feature is not needed, the two hour hands can simply be superposed and will then run in perfect synchrony.