Public sale Report: The ‘Titanium And Ruby’ Patek Philippe Assortment, Coming To Public sale This Summer season And Fall From Christie’s Hong Kong

One of many main choices on this assortment is the Patek Philippe 5033T, a tonneau-shaped annual calendar and minute repeater in titanium. That sentence could seem innocuous sufficient, however it undersells this watch tremendously. The reference 5033 was first manufactured in 2002 as a particular order of 10 items. 9 of the 10 had been produced in platinum. The 10th piece? You are taking a look at it. You could recall, this very watch got here up for public sale in 2014 at Sotheby’s New York together with a complete assortment of titanium watches from the model as a part of a single-owner assortment. This watch is a very distinctive piece and never simply due to the case materials. The dials on different examples of this reference had been usually, if not at all times, in black whereas this mannequin was completed in a silver Roman numeral configuration. When HODINKEE’s Ben Clymer mentioned this specific watch in 2014, he discovered it outstanding not just for its rarity, but additionally for the standard of its sound.

It is very uncommon for Patek to create such distinctive items for particular person shoppers, and that mixed with the rarity of the case materials ought to make this the star lot of the gathering. In reality, the identify of the entire assortment – “Titanium and Ruby” – is derived partly from the presence of this watch, which is the one titanium repeater within the assortment and one of many only a few made by Patek, ever. The estimate is $800,000- $1,500,000.