It’s no secret that here at HODINKEE HQ we’re big, big fans of the Patek Philippe 5970. It’s probably the closest thing we’ve got to a middle ground between the perpetual calendar chronographs of yesteryear and thoroughly modern watches. It’s a little bigger than the 2499 and the 3970, but it still uses a Lemania base movement and has a very traditional dial. So when our friends at Christie’s New York called and said they had four on-hand, one in each metal, I threw my camera in my bag and raced for the elevator. Here are the results.
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