Important Watches: Part I
Important Watches: Part I
Patek Philippe
Reference 5050R | A pink gold perpetual calendar wristwatch with retrograde date and moon phases | Circa 1995 | 百達翡麗 | 型號5050R | 粉紅金萬年曆腕錶備逆跳日期及月相顯示，製作年份約1995
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May 14, 11:30 AM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 40,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
Patek Philippe
Reference 5050R
A pink gold perpetual calendar wristwatch with retrograde date and moon phases
Circa 1995
百達翡麗
型號5050R- 粉紅金萬年曆腕錶備逆跳日期及月相顯示，製作年份約1995
Dial: white
Calibre: cal. 315/136 automatic, 31 jewels
Movement number: 1'957'054
Case: 18k pink gold, screw-down sapphire crystal display case back
Case number: 2'947'138
Closure: 18k pink gold Patek Philippe buckle
Size: 36 mm diameter
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: no
Papers: no
Accessories: none
Reference 5059 was first introduced to the market in 1998 and was discontinued in 2006. Produced in different gold and in platinum, the reference 5059 is highly recognizable by its officer-style case with hinged case back and screwed lug pins.
The reference features a beautiful perpetual calendar, with retrograde date, day, month and moon phases. The most fascinating of these complications is of course the retrograde date. Usually the hands for calendar watches continue to move and naturally return to their point of origin, however the retrograde complication forces the hand to fly back to its original starting point, a very difficult construction to accomplish in watchmaking.