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Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007

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Ref. 5960P, ?TIMEZONE WATCH OF THE YEAR 2006? Patek Philippe, Genève, No. 3500651, case No. 4474860, Ref. 5960p-001. Made in 2006. Very fine, astronomic, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, 2x30 minute and 12 hour register, annual calendar, power reserve sector and a platinum Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, setting pin and Certificate of Origin.

HKD 400,000 - 500,000

USD 55,000 - 65,000 / EUR 40,000 - 50,000

Sold: HKD 777,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, curved and fluted lugs, screwed-down transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Anthracite with applied white gold faceted baton indexes, outer minute and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the two times 30- minute and hour register, aperture for the days of the week, , the date and the months and three color register for the minute register. White gold ?feuille? hands. M. Cal. CH 28-520 IRM QA 24H, stamped with the Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "faussescôtes" decoration, 40 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40.5 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm. Property of a Gentleman from Singapore


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Ref. 5960P Launched in 2006 at the Basel Fair, it houses Patek Philippe?s first in-house chronograph calibre and sets the stage for future development using calibre 28-520. In its current form, as used in Ref. 5960P, it has an annual calendar combined with hour and minute recorder on the same subsidiary dial. The two times 30-minute register is used in conjunction with the aperture at the 6 o'clock position indicating if the minutes are in the first or second ?30?. The ingenious clutch mechanism employed in the chronograph allows the wearer to maintain the chronograph in use without additional wear on the movement, thereby negating the need for constant seconds. This clutch system also makes the chronograph start instantaneous without the immeasurable jump that sometimes occurs with other chronograph systems. These technological advances, along with the watch?s undisputable good looks, are without doubt the reason TIMEZONE members voted Ref. 5960 their ?Watch of the Year?.