| Details | ||
| Stock # | SKU19910 | |
| Stock # | 19910 | |
| Model Name | Annual Calendar Chronograph | |
| Brand | ||
| Model Ref # | 5960 R | |
| Condition | As New | |
| Gender | Mens | |
| Movement | Automatic | |
| Case | 18K Rose Gold | |
| Case Shape | Round | |
| Case Size | 40.5mm | |
| Crystal | ||
| Band / Strap | Strap | |
| Dial | Gray | |
| Caseback | Display | |
| Complications |
Chronograph Annual Calendar Complete Calendar Moonphase Month, Day, Date |
|
| Year | ||
| Additional Information | Complete with box, hang-tag, factory plastic sleeve and papers. | |
| Sold | ||
Description
Where do I even start, in describing Patek's reference 5960 annual calendar chronograph? 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 CH28-520/521. But we've only covered the chronograph so far...
This 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 CH28-520/521 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, 50 jewels, 55 hour power reserve and is stamped with the Geneva Seal. Now that Patek has abandoned getting its movements certified with the Geneva Seal, this very watch surely contains one of the last Patek calibers to display the seal.
Case is polished 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. While the watch is extremely refined and elegant, it is also more than a little sporty.
Dial is a magnificent sunburst smoky grey with applied hour markers with adjacent luminous dots and luminous leaf style hands. The chronograph subdial is oversized, and accordingly very legible. Chronograph hours scale is printed in black while the minutes scale is in red. The associated chronograph hour and minute hand are the same color as their scales for ease in reading the elapsed time.
Strap is hand sewn brown crocodile with an 18k rose gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp.
Watch is in new condition and complete with box, hang-tag, factory plastic sleeve and papers.
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 CH28-520/521. But we've only covered the chronograph so far...
This 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 CH28-520/521 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, 50 jewels, 55 hour power reserve and is stamped with the Geneva Seal. Now that Patek has abandoned getting its movements certified with the Geneva Seal, this very watch surely contains one of the last Patek calibers to display the seal.
Case is polished 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. While the watch is extremely refined and elegant, it is also more than a little sporty.
Dial is a magnificent sunburst smoky grey with applied hour markers with adjacent luminous dots and luminous leaf style hands. The chronograph subdial is oversized, and accordingly very legible. Chronograph hours scale is printed in black while the minutes scale is in red. The associated chronograph hour and minute hand are the same color as their scales for ease in reading the elapsed time.
Strap is hand sewn brown crocodile with an 18k rose gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp.
Watch is in new condition and complete with box, hang-tag, factory plastic sleeve and papers.
Compare product with:
