Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2015

LOT 254

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5960 RETAILED BY MERCURY RUSSIA SPECIAL EDITION FACTORY SEALED WHITE GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, Annual Calendar Chronograph, No. 5721111, case No. 4619133, Ref. 5960 G. Made in a limited production of 100 pieces exclusively for Mercury of Russia on the occasion of the opening of the Patek Philippe Boutique at Mercury. Sold in November 2014. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with round button Flyback chronograph, combined 30/60- minute and 12-hour totalizer, annual calendar, power reserve, day/night indications and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, Certificate of Origin, instruction booklet and a boxed leather folder with Attestation and photo.

Two-body, solid, polished, concave bezel and lugs, correctors in the band, screw-down transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Blue soleil with applied white gold faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute and 1/5th seconds divisions, guilloche silver subsidiary dials for the combined 30/60-minute and 12-hour totalizer, sector for the power-reserve indication, apertures for the days of the week, the date, the months and the day/ night indication. White gold luminous feuille hands. Cal. CH 28-520, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 40 jewels, straight- line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, 21K gold rotor with oil-free ball bearing and zirconium balls.