Lot 115

Patek Philippe

Perpetual Calendar

An unworn, sealed Geneva platinum wristwatch with perpetual calendar, centre seconds, retrograde date, moon phase and leap year indication - with original box and integrated watchwinder, original certificate, additional platinum push back and accessories

This timepiece and its accessories are in original sealed mint condition and were additionally shrink-wrapped immediately after purchase. A dream "full set" for any collector of high class Patek Philippe timepieces.
Reference 5496 comes from Patek Philippe's Grandes Complications collection and was launched in 2011. The watch convinced immediately with its characteristic combination of perpetual calendar, retrograde date display, silvered dial and 39.5 mm. case size in platinum. The cool, elegant indications for day of the week, month and leap year are displayed in three windows, while the moonphase is revealed in a curved aperture at 6 o’clock.
The sapphire crystal back allows to reveal the complicated manufactory movement with Geneva seal and the heavy 21K gold rotor. The movement calculates the individual lengths of the months as well as the leap years through a complex system of rockers and cams; the retrograde date is another ingenious complication because the date indication does not complete a full circle but moves according to the length of the month in an arc of up to 270 degrees and then jumps back to the first day of the next month. During the flyback, the hand is disconnected from the gear and immediately secured on the numeral 1, so that it cannot accidentally rebound forward by a day or two.