Source: Twain Time
Condition: Unworn
Year of Production: 2000
Case Size: 36mm
Case Material: White gold
Dial Color: White
Bracelet/Strap: Leather
Movement Type: Automatic
Box: Yes
Papers: Yes
Location: United States
Price 58,500 USD
Description
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SPECIFICATIONS
Brand: Patek Philippe
Model: Grand Complications Perpetual Calendar Retrograde
Reference Number: 5059G-001
Movement: Automatic
Gender: Men's
Condition: Unworn / like new
Time Period: 2000s
Box: Yes
Papers: Yes
THE CALIBER
Caliber: 315 S-QR
Jewels: 31
THE CASE
Case Material: 18K white gold
Case Diameter: 36 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Waterproof: 100 ft./ 30 m./ 3 ATM
Bezel Material: Fixed 18K white gold beveled bezel
Glass: Slightly domed Sapphire Crystal
Caseback: open solid display back
Dial: White enamel
Dial Numerals: Black Roman numeral hour indices, railway track minute marker around the outer rim with black Arabic numerals every 5 minutes
THE BRACELET / STRAP
Bracelet Material: Black Leather
Clasp: Deployant Fold-over Calatrava cross
Clasp material: 18K white gold
THE FUNCTIONS
Perpetual calendar, retrograde date display centered at 12 o'clock, moon phase display at 6 o'clock, leap year indicator at 12 o'clock, day aperture at 9 o'clock, date aperture at 3 o'clock, hours, minutes and center sweep seconds, 46-hour power reserve.
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FURTHER READING
Black oxidized white gold leaf-shaped hour/minute hands, black stick-shaped center sweep seconds, and black arrow hand for the date.
The four-body case is polished and brushed with an "Officer style" 18K white gold hinged case back, revealing a sapphire crystal display case back.
Straight lugs, gold screwed bars
18K push/pull crown
Day and month apertures are in the English language
Four correction push-pieces to adjust the calendar indications and the moon phase display: month correction between 3 and 4 o'clock, date correction between 11 and 12 o'clock, moon phase correction between 5 and 6 o'clock, and day of week correction between 6 and 7 o'clock.
This unidirectional caliber 315/136 movement is rhodium-plated with fausses côtes embellishment. The Patek Philippe seal, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, includes a straight-line lever escapement, a shock absorber mechanism, and a 21K gold central ball-bearing rotor. It has a self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring. It also has the patented Gyromax balance that compensates for cold, heat, isochronism, and five positions.
The mechanism oscillates at 21,600 vph (3Hz)
This model reference 5059 was introduced in 1998, discontinued in 2007, and replaced by the model ref. 5159
Complete (box and papers)