Patek Philippe Reference 5035R-001 | A pink gold annual calendar wristwatch with 24 hour indication, Circa 2000 | 百達翡麗 型號 5035R-001 粉紅金年曆腕錶備24小時顯示，製作年份約 2000

Patek Philippe

Reference 5035R-001
A pink gold annual calendar wristwatch with 24 hour indication, Circa 2000

百達翡麗 型號 5035R-001
粉紅金年曆腕錶備24小時顯示，製作年份約 2000

Dial: silvered
Caliber: cal. 315/198 automatic, 35 jewels
Movement number: 3'131'116
Case: 18k pink gold, screw down sapphire crystal display back
Case number: 4'085'708
Closure: 18k pink gold Patek Philippe buckle
Size: 37 mm diameter
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: yes
Papers: yes
Accessories: Patek Philippe presentation box with outer packaging, Certificate of Origin dated April 26, 2000, leather bi-fold, booklets, service box, service hang tag, and setting pin

Condition Report:
Case: The case is in overall very good condition with light signs of use and previous light polish. The gold marks on the top lugs are visible but the gold marks on the back of the bottom lugs are rubbed.

Dial: The dial is in overall good condition. Some visible dark spots located at 12 o'clock, between 11-12 o'clock, 9 o'clock, 5 o'clock and in the day register.

Movement: The movement is running at time of cataloging, however it was not tested for the accuracy of time or duration of the power reserve and may need service at the buyer's discretion. Please note that Sotheby's does not guarantee the future working of the movement.

**Please note that the interior of the presentation box is deteriorating.**

***Please be advised that the bands on this watch are made of materials derived from endangered or otherwise protected species (i.e. alligator and crocodile) and thus not sold with the watch, they are for display purposes only. We will remove these bands prior to international shipping and the state of California.***

Catalogue Note:
The ref 5035 may be one of the sleeper watches to buy of our era, and it is just starting to attract the attention it deserves. It was the world’s first annual calendar wristwatch. Released in 1996, this watch was central to Patek Philippe’s strategy of introducing ‘small complications’ in the late 1990s. At the time, there was a noticeable jump in price between a time-only and a complicated watch, and this was a way for the brand to fill the price difference in between and open the brand up to a new generation of collectors. Phillipe Stern wanted to provide a complication that was useful, rather than just another complication that would only be used occasionally, and thus the annual calendar wristwatch was created. The newly introduced caliber 315/198 allowed for the calendar to take longer months into account and to be set only once a year. The ref. 5035 was made in yellow, white, pink gold and platinum, and available in 2500 pieces in each metal, before it was discontinued in 2005.