Patek Philippe launched the reference 5980 chronograph in 2006 as part of a celebratory line-up of watches that included the Ref. 5711 and 5712 to mark the 30th anniversary of its first luxury sports watch, the Nautilus.
This was no run-of-the-mill chronograph – the timepiece has a now-famous “bull’s eye” dial featuring concentric chronograph sub-dials that carried the 12-hour register as well as the 60-minute register. The early models were available in steel and gold versions and were powered by Patek Philippe's entirely in-house made chronograph calibre 28-520 C.
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CASE NUMBER: 6’116’064, MOVEMENT NUMBER: 5’969’927PATEK PHILIPPE, NAUTILUS REF. 5980/1R-001, A FINE GOLD AUTOMATIC FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET Estimate: USD 120,000 - 220,000
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OVERALL CONDITION: Excellent CASE: Excellent, very well preserved case, a couple of very minor surface scratches DIAL: Nice, clean and original MOVEMENT: Ticking at the time of cataloguing. All the functions are working. However, we do not test the movement for accuracy BRACELET: A couple of light surface scratches only. Overall length including watch head is 175 mm.
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CASE NUMBER: 6’116’064, MOVEMENT NUMBER: 5’969’927PATEK PHILIPPE, NAUTILUS REF. 5980/1R-001, A FINE GOLD AUTOMATIC FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET Estimate: USD 120,000 - 220,000
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