Important Watches: Part I

Patek Philippe

Reference 5531R-012 | A pink gold minute repeating world time wristwatch | Circa 2022

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Auction Closed

November 5, 12:07 PM GMT

Estimate

600,000 - 1,000,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

Patek Philippe

Reference 5531R-012

A pink gold minute repeating world time wristwatch

Circa 2022

Dial:  cloisonné enamel dial depicting Lake Geneva

Calibre: cal. R27 HU manual winding, 45 jewels

Movement number: 5’177’743

Case: 18k pink gold, snap-on sapphire crystal display case back

Case number: 6467258

Closure: 18k pink gold Patek Philippe folding clasp

Size: 40.2 mm diameter

Signed: case dial and movement

Box:  yes

Papers:  yes

Accessories:  Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin, leather portfolio with instruction, numbered hand tag, 18k pink gold solid case back, leather document holder, travel pouch and presentation case with outer packaging.

Please note the leather strap derived from endangered species is for display purposes only and is not sold with the watch. The watch will be shipped with a Sotheby’s branded calf leather strap.

Please note that the reference is 5531R-012 and not as previously stated.

The special edition reference 5531R World timer and Minute repeater with cloisonné enamel dial was first launched during the Patek Philippe Watch Art Grand Exhibition taking place in New York in 2017.

For the first time, the World time function was coupled with the chiming mechanism. Equipped with the new calibre R 27 HU, this mechanism features fundamental changes.

Consequently, it allows the watch to strike local time. Prior to this reference, minute repeaters with the world time complication were only able to chime home time because the two complications operated independently from one another. In total, 10 models were crafted with a cloisonné enamel dial that will come in two versions: "New York By Day" in daylight colours, and "New York By Night" showing a nocturnal landscape. There were five made of each version, and they were only available in the U.S.

In 2018, during Basel world, Patek Philippe announce the new Ref. 5531R World Time Minute Repeater with a cloisonné enamel but this version was depicting in the center, a boat on the lake in the Lavaux wine growing region of Geneva. Enamel dials are part of the Patek Philippe world time tradition.

The case band is fully decorated with a hand guilloché hobnail motif and open worked lugs.

This version was to be part of the current collection. The present model is fresh-to-market and is accompanied by its full set of accessories.