Patek Philippe

Katzky1
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Since I own this watch my assessment might be biased.

The 5960A clearly has a lot of great attributes that twisted my arm into buying one. Once I had it in my possession for a couple of weeks I found it to be mostly better than I had imagined. I have a few cons that I'll share.

1. The subseconds markings are 1/5 second while the movement beats at 4 hz or 1/4 second. Seems a bit odd. Kind of a trivial con.

2. The chronograph pushers aren't as smooth as I expected on a $50k watch.

3. I wish the watch had instantaneous minutes on the chronograph.

4. The chronograph hour hand color I thought was blue but the actual brown color offers low contrast and is harder to read than I'd like.

5. I wish Patek used orange instead of red for the chronograph hands.

6. The bracelet is a bit too feminine for my taste.

7. I thought I'd be able to get a custom made strap like I saw on this forum but Camille Fournet no longer takes orders for the exact strap I wanted.

8. [Problem with Camille Fournet not the 5960] I bought an "extra long" strap for my 19cm wrist. The extra long is really designed for someone with a 23+ cm wrist but they recommended it based on my wrist size. I had to punch in about five extra holes and it now looks a bit ridiculous. Usually when I have standard sized straps they are a bit too short and I'm using the first hole and the end barely makes it into the keepers.

9. Would be better if it were 1-2 mm thinner.

The "pros"

1. It runs very close to +/- 0 s/day

2. It's a Patek annual calendar + 12 hour flyback chronograph + power reserve + day/night indicator => kinda the "poor mans" grand complication.

3. It's a steel Patek that you don't need to pay 100% premium to buy.

4. The case size is nearly perfect.

5. The dial is beautifully designed and executed flawlessly. [Except my minor issues listed as "cons".]

6. The white dial allows the watch to look great with a wide variety of third party watch straps.

In all the cons are minor so the pros win the argument. 5960A white is a great watch.

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