Patek Philippe 5960 - 5960P - Annual Calendar Chronograph

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The following is a portion of the Patek Philippe Press Release:

"Revolution in time: Patek Philippe's Ref. 5960P Annual Calendar Chronograph"

Patek Philippe, Geneva January 26, 2006

"Aficionados have long awaited a new Patek Philippe chronograph. Now, a year after having presented the world's thinnest split-seconds chronograph, the Geneva workshops can delight connoisseurs with a new, self-winding chronograph wristwatch which is crafted entirely in-house: the Patek Philippe Ref. 5960P Annual Calendar Chronograph.

The new Ref. 5960P is a complicated wristwatch with functions that are truly useful in everyday life. It features a totally new self-winding chronograph movement developed and manufactured by Patek Philippe and endowed with a further complication: the patented Annual Calendar mechanism.

The new caliber: Tradition and innovation in perfect harmony

The new CH 28-520 IRM QA 24H chronograph caliber is a self-winding mechanical movement with a flyback column-wheel chronograph, power-reserve indicator, Annual Calendar, and day/night display. It beats at a frequency of 28,800 semi-oscillations per hour (4 hertz), assuring an extremely constant balance amplitude and high rate accuracy. The winding power is delivered by a unidirectional 21K gold central rotor. Like all Patek Philippe mechanical movements, this new caliber displays the prestigious Geneva Seal.

The chronograph mechanism is based on the venerable column-wheel principle for controlling the start/stop commands. However, it differs from classic Patek Philippe column-wheel chronographs by virtue of a remarkable innovation: The clamps do not control the engagement of a lever-mounted clutch wheel with the chronograph train but instead act on a disk clutch that transmits (chronograph running) or interrupts (chronograph stopped) the power between the fourth wheel and the chronograph hand. This is a highly reliable solution that eliminates the occurrence of backlash-induced hand jitter or bouncing because it does not involve the sudden meshing of teeth when the chronograph is started. It also replaces the conventional three-wheel chronograph train that for reasons of wear made it inadvisable to keep the chronograph running permanently. In this movement, the chronograph hand can be used without hesitation as a continuously running seconds hand; because this has no negative impact on the rate accuracy of the watch, the subsidiary seconds dial customarily found in many chronographs is no longer needed............."
More information on this link:
http://patek.com/html/en/ref_5960P_001.html

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• Patek
• Philippe
• 5960
• 5960P
• Annual
• Calendar
• Chronograph
• Geneva
• Seal
• Nautilus
• wristwatch
• Baselworld
• 2008
• 2007
• Calatrava

[CaptainRolex]

Current US MSRP is $78,800

[cml4456]

Hmm... should i buy a piece of metal and leather or a house. SO HARD TO DECIDE.

[bases100]

My dream watch. Absolutely gorgeous! Shame the price is a bit out of my league!

[Avvisss]

Do want.

[kibaNV]

@CaptainRolex

holy shit

[iwc62]

Around $68,000. In my opinion proberbly one of the best watches ever created in every respect.

[dmana3172]

@polonium9 $100000 range??? Yeah right. lol! :P

[Cujucuyo]

@conlas

No se lo puso al revés...

[PatientZeroThree]

A nice looking watch...

[345rae]

probably costs like 40 000