Importantes Montres de Collection

Geneva, Nov 13, 2011

LOT 583

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5959 COAXIAL SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH, PLATINUM Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3637029, case No. 4405493, Ref. 5959 P. Sold October 3, 2007. Very fine and very rare, platinum and diamond wristwatch with coaxial round button split-seconds chronograph, register and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the Patek Philippe fitted box, Certificate of Origin and instructions.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, straight lugs, screwed bars, Top Wesselton diamond set between lower lugs, coaxial push button in the crown for the chronograph function, push-button between 1 & 2 for the split-seconds function, transparent case back to view the movement, sapphire crystals. D. White with printed Breguet numerals, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-minute/ seconds Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 60-minute register. Black oxydised gold spade hands. M. Cal. CHR 27-525 PS, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 9 mm.