PATEK PHILIPPE Calatrava Pilot Travel Time, Ref.... Lot 44

PATEK PHILIPPE Calatrava Pilot Travel Time, Ref. 5524G-001, sold in 2019 A mint, full-set and sealed, sporty and elegant, large, water-resistant, automatic, 18K white gold, dual time pilot’s wristwatch with blue varnished dial, applied luminous gold Arabic numerals, luminous hands, date, night and day indication, sweep center second, calf leather strap and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle. Fitted with a cal. 26-330 S C FUS, rhodium plated, 29 jewels, stamped with the PP seal, self-winding with 21K gold rotor, Spiromax hairspring and Gyromax balance visible through a screwed sapphire-set case back, sapphire crystal. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Accompanied by a fitted presentation box with outer packaging, user manual, booklet, certificate of origin, leather envelope. Part of the “Complications” collection, the Calatrava Pilot Travel Time by Patek Philippe was first presented at Baselworld in 2015. With its generous 42 mm diameter, its highly legible black dial with luminous indexes, and its modern complication ideal for travelers, the Ref. 5524G is probably the Calatrava of the 21st century. While its aviator style disconcerted collectors at the outset, the model has since asserted its style, sportiness and elegance. Once again, the Swiss Manufacture has demonstrated its ability to reinvent its iconic models without betraying its glorious past.