Ultra rare Patek Philippe pocket watch could fetch £6 – £8 million ($8 – $10 million) at Sotheby’s auction in Geneva next month. The legendary Patek Philippe Yellow-Gold Calibre 89 will lead the auction house’s Important Watches sale in Geneva on May 14. The Calibre 89 the most complicated watch ever created when Patek Philippe unveiled it in 1989 to mark their 150th anniversary. Offered with an estimate of CHF6.5–10 million/$6.4-9.9 million, this horological masterwork is one of the most important watches ever to be offered at auction, and it today, remains the brand’s mechanical ambassador.
Patek Philippe Pocket Watch
The watch has 33 complications, nine more than the Graves’ 24, sold at Sotheby’s in 2014 for a record-breaking $24 million. The pocket watch remains a tour de force in innovation and importance to this day. Nine years later the final three Calibre 89 watches were finished – in rose gold, white gold and platinum.
A prototype of the watch is also displayed at the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva.
The Calibre 89 weighs 1,100 gm and measures 88.2 mm in diameter (with the case).
The watch has an astonishing 1,728 parts – it has 24 hands, 2 dials, 8 disks, 61 bridges, 129 jewels, 184 wheels, 332 screws, 415 pins and 429 mechanical components.
In addition to the complex calendar functions, including a tourbillon escapement and an astronomical sun hand, the watch features a unique calendar which displays the date of Easter every year.
Patek Philippe Pocket Watch
