Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 09, 2014

LOT 159

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5960 PLATINUM ANNUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH Patek Philippe, Genève, Annual Calendar Chronograph, No. 3500764, case No. 4325110, Ref. 5960P-001. Sold December 21st, 2006. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum and diamond wristwatch with round button Flyback chronograph, combined 30/60-minute and 12-hour totalizer, annual calendar, power reserve, day/night indications and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, Certificate of Origin and instruction booklet.

Two-body, solid, polished, concave bezel and lugs, Top Wesselton diamond set between the lugs at 6, correctors in the band, screw-down transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Anthracite 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 28-520/521, 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.