Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2014

LOT 270

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5961 ANNUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH BAGUETTE DIAMONDS SEALED PLATINUM Patek Philippe, Genève, Annual Calendar Chronograph, Ref. 5961P-001. Sold on November 6th, 2014. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum and 36 baguette 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 with 22 baguette sapphires. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin, setting pin and booklets.

Two-body, solid, polished, bezel set with 36 baguette diamonds (4.68 CT.) and concave lugs, Top Wesselton diamond set between the lugs at 6, correctors in the band, screw-down transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Black with applied baguette indexes and outer minute and 1/5th seconds divisions, guilloche black 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 Patek phillipe, 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.