Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Jun 12, 2012

LOT 77

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5960, PLATINUM Patek Philippe, Genève, Annual Calendar Chronograph, movement No. 3500391, case No. 4324862, Ref. 5960 P-001. Sold September 4th, 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, setting pin and instruction booklet.

C. 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. D. 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. M. 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 freesprung Breguet balance spring, 21K gold rotor with oil-free ball bearing and zirconium balls. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 14 mm.