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Lot 2927
PATEK PHILIPPE. AN EXTREMELY FINE AND VERY RARE STAINLESS STEEL CUSHION-SHAPED SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BREGUET NUMERALS, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE, ADDITIONAL CASE BACK AND BOX
SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE, GENEVE, REF. 5950, MOVEMENT NO. 5'251'106, CASE NO. 4'522'042, CIRCA 2010
Closed29 May 2013
Price Realised
HKD 3,390,000
More Information
Specialist note
US$330,000-480,000
With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated 25 December 2010, additional case back, product literature, instruction manual, sales tag, leather portfolio and slip case.
Fresh to the market and in pristine condition, the present watch is for the first time ever offered at auction and has never been worn.
Launched in 2010, the acclaimed reference 5950 is a perfect renaissance of the unmistakable late 1920's style displayed by this dream-looking chronograph. The cushion-shaped case with the Breguet numerals, the symmetric decoration in the corners of the dial and the classic font of the numerals inside the subsidiary dials - all elements used some 80 years earlier can be found again in the youngest member of Patek Philippe's exclusive family of split-seconds chronographs.
The superb mechanics behind this exceptional timepiece is of outstanding quality and was especially crafted for the launch of what is already a "mythical" watch amongst collectors. The movement has been hand-finished and decorated with the highest standards and is hallmarked with the PP Seal, a level of quality going beyond the "Geneva Seal" standards.
Christie's is very proud to offer the very first and so far only known example of this exceptional split-seconds chronograph, as no other reference 5950 has ever been offered at auction until today and represents a fantastic opportunity for any collectors of fine watchmaking and truly rare timepieces.
With Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated 25 December 2010, additional case back, product literature, instruction manual, sales tag, leather portfolio and slip case.
Fresh to the market and in pristine condition, the present watch is for the first time ever offered at auction and has never been worn.
Launched in 2010, the acclaimed reference 5950 is a perfect renaissance of the unmistakable late 1920's style displayed by this dream-looking chronograph. The cushion-shaped case with the Breguet numerals, the symmetric decoration in the corners of the dial and the classic font of the numerals inside the subsidiary dials - all elements used some 80 years earlier can be found again in the youngest member of Patek Philippe's exclusive family of split-seconds chronographs.
The superb mechanics behind this exceptional timepiece is of outstanding quality and was especially crafted for the launch of what is already a "mythical" watch amongst collectors. The movement has been hand-finished and decorated with the highest standards and is hallmarked with the PP Seal, a level of quality going beyond the "Geneva Seal" standards.
Christie's is very proud to offer the very first and so far only known example of this exceptional split-seconds chronograph, as no other reference 5950 has ever been offered at auction until today and represents a fantastic opportunity for any collectors of fine watchmaking and truly rare timepieces.