# @sothebyswatches on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CGCVn95AOYz
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12829454-sothebyswatches-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/c3190a462a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-10-07T09:01:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sotheby's Watches (@sothebyswatches) — https://gondola.cc/sothebyswatches

## Caption

Launched within the Grand Complication series in Baselworld 2006, the present PatekPhilippe half-skeletonised, platinum and pink gold reference 5104 is the peak of the iconic Calatrava model, sumptuously filled with complications of retrograde date, moon phases, perpetual calendar and a minute repeater. Although it is officially half-skeletonised, the visibility of the dial is unobstructed like a full-skeletonised piece due to the use of wafer-thin sapphire-crystal subsidiary dials. The white bold markers on these clear sub-dials, contrasted by black rotating indicators also play a role in enhancing the comprehensibility of the wristwatch. Adding an artistic flair to the flank with the play of chiaroscuro, the present example is beyond a work of art and is retained in excellent overall condition.

Offered as Lot 2082 in the Hong Kong Important Watches sale on 9 Oct, the watch is estimated at HK$3.2m – 4.8m/ US$411k – 620k. Visit link in bio to browse the sale.

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wristwatch, sothebyswatches, patekcollector, patekphilippe, calatrava, watches, patekphilippewatch, watchesofinstagram, watchaddict, skeletonised

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