Patek Philippe Calatrava Ref. 96
- Maker
- Patek Philippe
- Year
- 1932-1973
- Rank
- 30 of 100
Patek Philippe Calatrava Ref. 96
Patek Philippe Calatrava Ref. 96 by Patek Philippe (1932-1973) is ranked 30 in the FLOAT 100 for Watches. It sold for $54,000 in May 2025. The 1932 Calatrava that founded Patek's entire dress-watch design language — the reference that defined the round dress watch.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The 1932 Calatrava that founded Patek's entire dress-watch design language — the reference that defined the round dress watch.
Ref. 96 (the original Calatrava, gold)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $54,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- May 2025
Yellow-gold silver-dial Ref. 96 sold CHF 44,100 / ~$54,000 at Christie's Geneva, May 2025. Pink gold ~$89,000; rare double-signed steel hammered $152,400 (Christie's Dec 2025).
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08