Well, it was a guess born out of hope, hehe...

Hi Suitbert,

It was a guess born out of hope. The hope that you will give us some more insights of this magnificient watch. When the masthead picture appeared I figured you spend some time with the watch, so when you asked about the hacking Patek the 5959 came to mind.

Anyway, it still is a bit of a surprise to me, as you said the 5959 has a very traditional movement. Is it a normal hack mechanism (put some metal against the balance) or has it perhaps something to do with the new teeth profile. Perhaps a fixed wheel, or only a small arc with profile, that is moved against the wheel that is connected to the 4th wheel (what's its name....). The profile is designed to prevent jumping of the seconds hand, so perhaps it can be used to stop the movement altogether without jump in the train... (I am not sure if this makes sense at all )

Have fun in Basel, I see the first pics are up! What a wonderful time of year!

Regards,
Joram

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Who's a real hardcore Patek WIS :-) ?

By: SuitbertW : April 9th, 2007-10:26

Hi all, here's a question for the real Patek WIS - I''m curious who knows the correct answer Which currrent Patek Philippe does have a hacking feature - i.e. does stop the movement when stem is pulled? (EDIT: I totally forgot - all electronic/quartz movem...

E 23 SC ?

By: MGM : April 9th, 2007-11:02

and other "E" calibers Mishko

Naaaahhhh, Mishko, that would be too easy.... ;-)

By: SuitbertW : April 9th, 2007-13:23

Easy

By: drrotter : April 9th, 2007-14:37

Any quartz watch will do, say 24.

As I already added in my answer to Mishko....

By: SuitbertW : April 9th, 2007-15:01

28-20 [nt]

By: Charles : April 9th, 2007-22:37

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Don't believe....

By: SuitbertW : April 10th, 2007-00:04

Hi Charles, nope, don't believe that's correct - but I'm glad to be corrected in case you know more. At least it's not the one I had in mind. Best Suitbert

A guess: the 27-525PS? nt.

By: JGV : April 10th, 2007-00:48

Good guess, Joram....

By: SuitbertW : April 11th, 2007-01:45

...you won !!!!! Indeed I was very surprised when I learned this some time back - one of the, if not the , most traditional movements getting the hack seconds feature. Very good guess, I've to say - chapeau!! How did you come to this one? Greetings from B...