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PP Ref. 5950 - a personal view
Ref. 5950; Basel 2010
Back in
2010 Patek Philippe introduced a modest watch on the first few - with just some extravagances,
e.g. a case in
steel, delicate black lacquered engravings in all four corners. Its
movement was not new and already presented with
the Ref. 5959, some years ago
(2005). The latter is a very classical Patek Philippe at its best. A real beauty
and a treat
for the eyes, but a bit small for some.
When I
detected the Ref. 5950 in the outside windows of their booth at Basel I liked a
lot what I saw, an understated
manually wound split-seconds monopusher
chronograph. Only the engravings on the silvery dial were too much for my
taste,
at least on the first view. The cushion-shaped case with a contemporary retro
style inspired by the first PP wrist
chronographs from the 1920s ticked off a
lot of boxes in my head.
Source of inspiration?!
In the official instruction you find sentences like:
- Haute
horlogerie at its very finest
- The
pinnacle of artisanship
- A paragon of style
Those kinds
of sentences are not that special in the world of watches today, at least when marketing
people did the job.
But in the case of Patek Philippe? Well, they are not known
for being boastful, are they?
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