Patek Philippe

Reference 5970 builds upon Patek Philippe's long heritage in manufacturing perpetual calendar wristwatches with a chronograph function, which first began with reference 1518, the worlds’ first serially produced perpetual calendar chronograph. In fact reference 5970 draws much of its design inspiration from reference 1518, with its highly complicated yet legible dial layout with three subdials. Initially launched in 2005 and discontinued approximately five years later, only a limited number of 5970 specimens were cased in yellow gold - estimated to be around 100 to 300 examples out of the 1,250 piece model run - thus rendering the current lot a highly collectible piece. Moreover, the reference is Patek Philippe's last perpetual calendar chronograph featuring the Geneva seal before the company moved to their own seal around 2009.