Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

LOT 458

PATEK PHILIPPE, REF. 5980 Patek Philippe, Genève, "Nautilus - Chronograph", movement No. 3669211 , case No. 4398778 , Ref. 5980/1A. Sold on December 21st, 2008. Very fine and rare, large, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with rectangular button fly-back chronograph, combined 30/60-minute and 12-hour totalizer, instantaneous date and a stainless steel Patek Philippe bracelet with concealed double deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, Certificate of Origin, booklets and push pin.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Anthracite with horizontal stripes, applied luminous steel baton indexes, outer minute and 1/5th seconds divisions, silver anthracite subsidiary dials for the combined 30/60-minute and 12-hour totalizer, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 28-520 C, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 35 jewels, straightline 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. Approx. overall length 165 mm.