| Details | ||
| Stock # | SKU19686 | |
| Stock # | 19686 | |
| Model Name | Annual Calendar Chronograph | |
| Brand | ||
| Model Ref # | 5960 R | |
| Condition | New | |
| Gender | Mens | |
| Movement | Automatic | |
| Case | 18K Rose Gold | |
| Case Shape | Round | |
| Case Size | 40.5mm | |
| Crystal | ||
| Band / Strap | Strap | |
| Dial | Black | |
| Caseback | Display | |
| Complications |
Chronograph Month, Day, Date |
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| Year | ||
| Additional Information | New with box and papers. | |
| Sold | ||
Description
Here is a brand new model from Patek: the 5960R in 18k rose gold with black dial. I have always said that rose gold cases and black dials are the best looking combination in watchdom. This watch might be the pinnacle of that color combination. This watch is brand new and complete.
Let's start with history: this is Patek Philippe's first automatic chronograph in their 170+ year blue-ribbon history. It's also Patek's first flyback chronograph. And, due to the caliber's unique construction, the central chronograph seconds hand can be operated continuously (to serve as a conventional seconds hand) without harming the mechanism or adversely affecting accuracy.
The reference 5960 also features the first completely in-house chronograph caliber from Patek since the early 1980s. (In the interim years, all of Patek's chronograph calibers have been built from Nouvelle Lemania ebauches). Finally, this chronograph is the first to feature the 30 minute and 12 hour chronograph indicators in the same subdial. So clearly, Patek has innovated meaningfully with their new automatic winding Caliber CH28-520. But we've only covered the chronograph so far...
This newest Patek Philippe masterpiece also provides an annual calendar, with the day, date and month displays arranged in an arc from 10 o'clock to 2 o'clock. Within the chronograph subdial there is a small aperture which displays a day/night indicator. To round out the complications, a power reserve indicator is located just underneath the date window.
I could stop here, and we'd all be convinced that this is an awesome watch. But the story would only be half told.
The Caliber CH28-520 is, once again, Patek's first ever automatic chronograph. Featuring column wheel construction, with 456 individual parts, the caliber also makes use of a massive 21k gold rotor, 40 jewels, 55 hour power reserve and is stamped with the Patek Philippe Seal.
Case is solid 18k rose gold with a sapphire crystal front and back, with a diameter of 40.5mm. Chronograph pushers are pump style. Case back is screw down. The case is extremely refined and elegant.
Dial is black with applied rose gold hour markers with adjacent luminous dots and luminous hands. The chronograph subdial is oversized, and accordingly very legible. Chronograph scales are printed in white for legibility. The associated chronograph hour and minute hand are also white for ease in reading the elapsed time.
Strap is hand sewn black crocodile with an 18k rose gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp.
Watch is new and complete with box and papers dated December 2012.
Let's start with history: this is Patek Philippe's first automatic chronograph in their 170+ year blue-ribbon history. It's also Patek's first flyback chronograph. And, due to the caliber's unique construction, the central chronograph seconds hand can be operated continuously (to serve as a conventional seconds hand) without harming the mechanism or adversely affecting accuracy.
The reference 5960 also features the first completely in-house chronograph caliber from Patek since the early 1980s. (In the interim years, all of Patek's chronograph calibers have been built from Nouvelle Lemania ebauches). Finally, this chronograph is the first to feature the 30 minute and 12 hour chronograph indicators in the same subdial. So clearly, Patek has innovated meaningfully with their new automatic winding Caliber CH28-520. But we've only covered the chronograph so far...
This newest Patek Philippe masterpiece also provides an annual calendar, with the day, date and month displays arranged in an arc from 10 o'clock to 2 o'clock. Within the chronograph subdial there is a small aperture which displays a day/night indicator. To round out the complications, a power reserve indicator is located just underneath the date window.
I could stop here, and we'd all be convinced that this is an awesome watch. But the story would only be half told.
The Caliber CH28-520 is, once again, Patek's first ever automatic chronograph. Featuring column wheel construction, with 456 individual parts, the caliber also makes use of a massive 21k gold rotor, 40 jewels, 55 hour power reserve and is stamped with the Patek Philippe Seal.
Case is solid 18k rose gold with a sapphire crystal front and back, with a diameter of 40.5mm. Chronograph pushers are pump style. Case back is screw down. The case is extremely refined and elegant.
Dial is black with applied rose gold hour markers with adjacent luminous dots and luminous hands. The chronograph subdial is oversized, and accordingly very legible. Chronograph scales are printed in white for legibility. The associated chronograph hour and minute hand are also white for ease in reading the elapsed time.
Strap is hand sewn black crocodile with an 18k rose gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp.
Watch is new and complete with box and papers dated December 2012.
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