Reference: 5056
Date: Sold 22nd July 2003
Movement: 37-jewel Cal.315/199 automatic, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, lever escapement, Gyromax balance, self-compensating free-sprung balance spring, 21K gold rotor, Seal of Geneva, No.3288190
Dial: Slate grey, applied white gold polished Roman numeral hour markers with luminous inserts, white outer minute track, subsidiary dials at 3 and 9 for day and month, power reserve indication at 12, date aperture and moon phase indication at 6, luminous filled leaf hands, centre seconds
Case: Polished tonneau form, screw down exhibition back, diamond to the band at 6, quick set buttons at 2, 4, 8 and 10, No.4223470
Strap/Bracelet: Fitted dark grey Patek Philippe alligator leather
Buckle/Clasp: Signed platinum buckle
Signed: Case, dial & movement
Size: 37mm
Accompaniments: Patek Philippe box, Extract from the Archives, brochures, service invoice dated 11/02/2019
Footnotes
The Patek Philippe Reference 5056 was in production from 1998 until 2006 and was available in platinum only, making this an exceedingly rare example. The platinum case is fitted with the traditional hidden diamond to the band. The watch is in excellent condition and was serviced by Patek Philippe in 2019.