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Lot Essay
Reference 5960, first introduced in 2006, represented a significant milestone for Patek Philippe as the brand's first self-winding chronograph with an annual calendar. The dial featured three apertures for day, date, and month across the upper section, while at 6 o'clock a mono-counter combined both 60-minute and 12-hour chronograph totalizers, with an additional power reserve indicator and day/night display. This represented the first serially produced Patek Philippe timepiece to incorporate a 12-hour counter.
The present watch, Reference 5960/1A-010, was launched in 2017 and remained in production for approximately one year, making it a remarkably short-lived and collectible stainless-steel execution. It is almost unheard of for a modern Patek Philippe complication to have such a brief production run. Available exclusively with a matching steel bracelet and black opaline dial, this variant is considerably rarer than the more commonly encountered white dial version, making it especially sought after by collectors. Within this short production window, the black dial stands out as the scarcer and more elusive iteration, a stellar prize for any serious collector of modern Patek Philippe complications.
The present watch, Reference 5960/1A-010, was launched in 2017 and remained in production for approximately one year, making it a remarkably short-lived and collectible stainless-steel execution. It is almost unheard of for a modern Patek Philippe complication to have such a brief production run. Available exclusively with a matching steel bracelet and black opaline dial, this variant is considerably rarer than the more commonly encountered white dial version, making it especially sought after by collectors. Within this short production window, the black dial stands out as the scarcer and more elusive iteration, a stellar prize for any serious collector of modern Patek Philippe complications.