Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 191

Platinum Ref. 5960P - TIMEZONE WATCH OF THE YEAR 2006 Patek Philippe, Genève, ?Annual Calendar Chronograph?, No. 3500651, case No. 4374860, Ref. 5960P-001. Made in 2006, sold on December 22nd, 2006. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum 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 box, Certificate of Origin and instruction booklet.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, concave bezel and lugs, ?Top Wesselton? diamond set between lower lugs, screwdown transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Anthracite with applied white gold faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute and 1/5th seconds divisions, silver-gray subsidiary dials for the combined 30/60- minute and 12-hour totalizer, sector for the up-and-down indication, apertures for the days of the week, the date, the months and the day/night indication. White gold luminous feuille hands. M. Cal. CH 28-520/521, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes 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, unidirectional 21K gold rotor with oil-free ball bearing and zirconium balls. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Property of an Australian Collector